River tied scores and qualified to the round of sixteen

River Plate received Emelec for the fourth round of the Copa Libertadores, tournament in which it had won its three matches and, in this opportunity, it sought to reach the qualification to the round of sixteen with still two matches to go.

In a discrete first half, River controlled the ball, but could not hurt the away team. The first play of the match was at Bruno Vides’ feet, which kicked a deflected shot after a play through the right.

River answered with a long pass by Luciano Lollo and an accurate definition by Marcelo Larrondo, but the action was deemed null by the referee Anderson Daronco due to the offside position of River’s forward. The other one was a header from Carlos Auzqui, after a corner kick that went near Esteban Dreer’s goal.

In the second half, the trend of the match did not change. But it was Emelec the one to get the lead in the scoreboard, after a rebound that Ayrton Preciado caught in River’s area. However, el Millonario tied scores by means of a penalty scored by Rodrigo Mora, after a clear foul on Auzqui.

River could have kept the victory in additional time, when Auzqui struck a good shot on Emelec’s crossbar. With an immovable tie on the scoreboard, el Millonario qualified for the next stage of the highest continental tournament.

This Sunday, River will visit Boca Juniors, while on Thursday, May 18 it will visit Melgar, in Peru, for the fifth round of the Copa.

SYNTHESIS:

RIVER PLATE: Augusto Batalla; Camilo Mayada, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Luciano Lollo, Luis Olivera; Joaquín Arzura, Nicolás Domingo, Iván Rossi, Rodrigo Mora (Captain); Carlos Auzqui and Marcelo Larrondo. Coach: Marcelo Gallardo.

Substitutes: Maximiliano Velazco, Jorge Moreira, Arturo Mina, Tomás Andrade, Ariel Rojas, Lucas Alario and Sebastián Driussi.

Substitutions: Mina for Olivera, Driussi for Larrondo, Alario for Domingo.

EMELEC: Esteban Dreer, Ayrton Preciado, Brayan Angulo, Bruno Vides, Marcos Mondaini (Captain), Fernando Gaibor, Pedro Quiñónez, Oscar Bagüí, Fernando Pinillo, Jordan Jaime and Carlos Moreno. Coach: Alfredo Arias.

Substitutes: Ayrton Morales, Christian Ramos, Bayron Mina, Osbaldo Lastra, Robert Burbano, Hólger Matamoros and Carlos Orejuela.

Substitutions: Burbano for Angulo, Matamoros for Quiñónez, Mina for Moreno.

Goals: Mora (RP); Preciado (E).

Booked: Auzqui, Mayada, Arzura (RP); Jaime (E).

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil).

Assistant referees: Guilherme Dias and Danilo Manis (Brazil).

Fourth Official: Wagner Magalhães (Brazil).

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