THE PARTY IN MAR DEL PLATA WAS FOR RIVER

Party in the stands, party in the field. The fans put their unique breath and players showed hierarchy and attitude. River Plate was the sole owner of the superclásico in Mar del Plata and got the first joy of the year with a clear and solid idea of the game.

It was the opponent who had the first dangerous situation, as a result of a move that Marcelo Barovero prevented to turn into a goal. After that, all was River, which took advantage of the early expulsion of Jonathan Silva and a childish penalty committed by Carlos Tevez: hand in a free kick and a great execution of the penalty by Leonardo Pisculichi.

El Millonario took over the game, it controlled and played with ease. While it did not generate clear goal chances, it had the attitude and self-control to manage the development of the match, be firm in the defense and very precise with short passes in the midfield.
In the second half, the team of Marcelo Gallardo continued with the same style and played almost the entire match in Boca Juniors field. The match was stopped by repeated breaches of the opposing players: Gino Peruzzi hit Gonzalo Martínez and he was expelled. Daniel Diaz was also expelled for intimidating Loustau.

At the end of the match, Jonatan Maidana responded to a provocation by Tévez and was expelled, as Pisculichi (already in the bench) after a riot that was generated after this move.

The remaining minutes had not emotions. River played, did not give chances to Boca and took the first superclásico of the year. Thepartywasforthechampion.

SYNTHESIS

RIVER PLATE: Marcelo Barovero (C); Gabriel Mercado, JonatanMaidana, Eder Álvarez Balanta, Leonel Vangioni; Leonardo Ponzio, Luis Gonzalez; Ignacio Fernández, Leonardo Pisculichi, Rodrigo Mora; Lucas Alario. Coach: Marcelo Gallardo.
Substitutes: Julio Chiarini, Milton Casco, Nicholas Domingo, Gonzalo Martínez, Nicolás Bertolo, Sebastián Driussi and Tabaré Viudez.
Changes: Casco by Mercado, Martínez byVangioni, Domingo byGonzález, Viudez byPisculichi.

BOCA JUNIORS: Agustin Orión; Gino Peruzzi, Fernando Tobio, Daniel Díaz (C), Jonathan Silva; Marcelo Meli, Andrés Cubas, Pablo Pérez; Nicolás Lodeiro; Carlos Tevez and Daniel Osvaldo. Coach: Rodolfo Arruabarrena.
Substitutes: Guillermo Sara, Leonardo Jara, Christian Moreno, Nicolás Colazo, Alexis Messidoro, Cristian Pavón and Andrés Chávez.
Changes: Jara by Pérez, Colazo by Lodeiro, Chávez by Meli, Moreno by Osvaldo.

Goal: Pisculichi (RP).

Cautioned: Vangioni, Alario, Casco, Domingo (RP); Tévez, Osvaldo, Cubas, Jara, Tobio (BJ).

Expelled: Maidana, Pisculichi (RP); Silva, Peruzzi, Díaz (BJ).

Referee: Patricio Loustau.
Assistants: Juan Pablo Belatti and Diego Bonfá.
Additional assistants: Ariel Penel and HéctorPaletta.
Fourth referee: Fernando Echenique.

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