The Millionaire had everything to beat Tatengue, but he was not powerful and had to settle for a tighter game than the one shown.
A team that has won five times in a row without conceding any goals and has easily defended its status as the leader of the Professional League Tournament should have little to blame. And those who prefer finer turns can only correct the lack of power in this start to pure triumph of the river by Martín Demichelis.
With the Millionaire having another high-flying evening at the Monumental, Franco Armani was a luxurious spectator, the rival goalkeeper was a figure and there were practically no lows. However, what should have been a victory turned out to be a narrow victory and despite the fact that Unión could never be in any real danger, the ghosts of a possible draw hovered over Núñez.
Micho decided to focus his game on serving the midfielders, without a fixed line-up. Although Enzo Pérez is the linchpin in the centre, Aliendro’s presence allows him to show up in the area in surprise or withdraw to play between the centre-backs when the full-backs are released. And he is 37 years old. Paradela, De La Cruz and Nacho Fernández go wide and so the nice goal of 10 came from left-handed to left-handed after a cross of 26.
The chances were permanent and almost everyone had them, especially the already mentioned midfielders and Beltrán, whom Moyano was unable to beat several times. The ball was always held by those in white and Tatengue’s resignation showed in Machuca’s header to Enzo Díaz leaving his team with 10, yet River could not liquidate it sooner and reserve energy to travel to Bolivia.
The Millionaire is front runner and with an overwhelming step just as the Copa Libertadores starts. And Demichelis, who was viewed with suspicion because of his short experience in Germany and as successor to Marcelo Gallardo, is convincing more and more through victories and, above all, solidity in the game.
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RIVER PLATE – UNION, MINUTE BY MINUTE
- The minute after minute between the Millionaire and the Tatengue.
- Zidane! Terrible irresponsibility from Machuca, who headbutted Díaz in the chest and saw red
- RIVER TARGET! Fast winger, deadly cross from Paradela and arrival from Nacho to make it 1-0
- And so does the Tatengue, who won a single game in the match
- Everything was confirmed in the Millionaire with De La Cruz’s surprise in the eleven
- Good evening and welcome to another broadcast of GOAL. River Plate will meet Unión on date 9 of the Binance 2023 Tournament at Monumental stadium.
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The meeting between the Millionaire and the Tatengue is broadcast in Argentina by TNT Sportssignal available only to those who have contracted the football package with their cable television companies.
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FORMATIONS
RIVER PLATE
Franco Armani; Milton Casco, Leandro Gonzalez Pirez, Paulo Diaz, Enzo Diaz; Rodrigo Aliendro, Enzo Perez, Ignacio Fernandez; Jose Paradela, Nicolas De La Cruz; Lucas Beltran. DT: Martin Demichelis.
UNION
Sebastian Moyano; Federico Vera, Franco Calderon, Claudio Corvalan and Lucas Esquivel; Imanol Machuca, Luciano Aued, Yeison Gordillo, Ezequiel Cañete, and Kevin Zenon; Jr. Marabel. DT: Gustavo Munua.
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