Historically, the millionaire struggled every time he had to go to Brazilian countries and Martín Demichelis’ first trip was with a win against.
If there is a country where River it had always been difficult for him to get good results, there is no doubt about that Brazil. Historically, the millionaire has done poorly in Brazilian territory. In fact, it is the only country in South America where it garnered more defeats than wins and draws. As in so many other issues, there was a change during the Marcelo Gallardo era, but Martín Demichelis’ maiden voyage was with an agonizing victory.
Despite the balance turning the Millionaire negative in his 49 appearances as a visitor against Brazilian clubs, including the embarrassing 0-3 draw against Atlético Mineiro that left him out of the 2021 edition of the Copa Libertadores, in recent years Núñez’s set has been in able to achieve historic results in his last two commitments in the top league on the continent: in the quarter-finals of 2015 he achieved a great 3-0 victory over Cruzeiro, in one of the most remarkable collective performances of the entire Muñeco cycle ( with all that means) and in the 2018 semi-final, he pulled off an unforgettable and painful 2-1 victory over Gremio to get into the final against Boca.
In any case, the global balance sheet indicates that In 49 games in Brazil, River scored just over 25% of the points and had few appearances to remember: Won 9 times, drew 13 times and lost 27 times. In total, he scored 46 goals and conceded 79, while his last visit to that country was 1-5 against Fluminense, in the group stage of the 2023 Copa Libertadores.
The first triumph on Brazilian soil was only in 1997. Ramón Díaz’s team defeated Vasco da Gama 2–0 in the Super Cup with goals from Marcelo Salas and Gallardo, in a game that was abandoned after 70 minutes due to an attack from the stands against the linesman. A year later, for the group stage of the Mercosur Cup, those led by the man from La Rioja won 3-2 against Guild thanks to two cries from Juan Antonio Pizzi and one from Santiago Solari.
already along America Gallego On the bench, River achieved two 2–1 wins against Flamengo in Mercosur 2000, first in the group stage and then in the rematch of the quarter-finals. And another two against Corinthians, in both cases for the second leg of the Libertadores round of 16: 2-1 in 2003, with the Chilean pelletini like DT and the screams of Demichelis and Bichi Fuertes; and 3-1 in 2006, with passarelle commissioned and a double of Gonzalo Higuain.
What were the triumphs of pop? the successes mentioned Cruzeiro in 2015 and Gremio in 2018next 2-0 to Palmeiras that did not make it through the 0-3 first leg in the 2020 semi-final. In addition, it was celebrated as if it were the victory on penalties over Cruzeiro in the round of 16 of 2019although it was a goalless draw.
ALL RIVER’S WINS IN BRAZIL
1997 SOUTH AMERICAN SUPERCUP: Vasco da Gama 0-2 River (group stage)
MERCOSUR CUP 1998: Guild 2-3 River (Group Stage)
MERCOSUR CUP 2000: Flamengo 1-2 River (group stage)
MERCOSUR CUP 2000: Flamengo 1-2 River (2nd leg, quarter-finals)
LIBERATORS CUP 2003 : Corinthians 1-2 River (second leg, round of 16)
LIBERATORS CUP 2006: Corinthians 1-3 River (Second Leg, Round of 16)
LIBERATORS CUP 2015: Cruzeiro 0-3 River (2nd leg, quarter-finals)
LIBERATORS CUP 2018 : Gremio 1-2 River (2nd leg, semi-final)
LIBERATORS CUP 2020 : Palmeiras 0-2 River (2nd leg, semi-final)
Source: Goal