River won in the Monumental

The beginning of the match found River with no control of the ball and Aldosivi tried to take advantage of it. In this way, the away team began bothering Augusto Batalla: first, the goalkeeper blocked a low shot from Antonio Medina and then reacted very well towards a shot from outside the area by Neri Bandiera.

River answered with a high volley from Sebastián Driussi and a shift from Jorge Moreira, who sent a center backwards and Lucas Alario could not fully meet the ball. The last ones of the first half were for Aldosivi: Batalla was amazing when reacting to a header from Jonatan Galván and then, together with Nacho Fernández, he prevented Alan Alegre from scoring a goal.

In the second half, River changed. It began to exert pressure forward on Aldosivi, and took control of the game. El Millonario warned with a shot from Gonzalo Martínez and another one from Ariel Rojas. Then, the goalkeeper Matías Vega blocked a header from Alario, but relief arrived some seconds later in a set piece.

Martínez shot to the goal, the ball bounced off the goalkeeper and Lucas Martínez Quarta took the opportunity to score 1-0. Then, River closed the match and could have even broadened the difference through Marcelo Larrondo and Alario. Now, el Millonario is very close to qualifying for the Copa Libertadores of 2018. This Sunday, in Santa Fe, it will play the last round of the tournament against Colón.

SYNTHESIS

RIVER PLATE: Augusto Batalla; Jorge Moreira, Jonatan Maidana, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Milton Casco; Gonzalo Martínez, Leonardo Ponzio (Captain), Ignacio Fernández, Ariel Rojas; Sebastián Driussi and Lucas Alario. Coach: Marcelo Gallardo.

Substitutes: Maximiliano Velazco, Luciano Lollo, Camilo Mayada, Iván Rossi, Nicolás Domingo, Exequiel Palacios and Marcelo Larrondo.

Substitutions: Lollo for Maidana, Larrondo for Driussi, Mayada for Fernández.

ALDOSIVI: Matías Vega; Ismael Quilez, Alan Alegre, Jonatan Galván (Captain), Ramiro Arias; Nahuel Yeri, Roberto Brum, Leandro Sosa, Pablo Lugüercio; Antonio Medina and Neri Bandiera. Coach: Walter Perazzo.

Substitutes: Pablo Campodónico, Federico León, Damián Ledesma, Sebastián Navarro, Nahuel Pájaro, Jonatan Benedetti and Nicolás Miracco.

Substitutions: Benedetti for Bandiera, Navarro for Lugüercio, Miracco for Brum.

Goal: Martínez Quarta (RP).

Booked: Moreira (RP); Yeri, Lugüercio (A).

Referee: Mauro Vigliano.

Assistant referees: Ezequiel Brailovsky and Gabriel Chade.

Fourth Official: Gastón Suárez.

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