El Millonario was ahead twice and transformed Chila Gómez into a figure, but Fortín leveled him and the championship is still open.
The date had been at River’s request: of the chasers in the title race, only Talleres won and even San Lorenzo, his escort, lost to Barracas Central. A win would have cut the advantage to eight points with nine rounds to go, but he couldn’t maintain the advantage he had twice and Vélez eventually tied him 2–2.
Back with two strikers, with Borja as a reference and Solari as a winger, the millionaire became the owner of the ball and the most important plays, quickly establishing Chila Gómez as a figure with several excellent saves, especially a scoreless shot from Barco. And when he had prevented Sicario Rojas’ goal on a corner kick, the Paraguayan himself was in charge of the rebound into the net.
José Amalfitani became a hotbed who claimed a team that has not won victories for two months and the answer came at the beginning of the second half, with a masterful game of precision in speed and the always valid law of the first, with a Madrid- hero like Lucas Pratto for the tie.
From there the game went blow after blow, with quick counter-attacks and the game that seemed to decide everything: Kranevitter looking for Herrera on the wing and Lucas Beltrán, who had been on the field for a few minutes, with a precise header. But the joy lasted for a few minutes and Pancho Ortega, from the left, crossed his shot that Armani could only watch to seal the 2-2.
In the dying minutes River was poised to win but lacked clarity in the area and had to settle for a 2-2 that left him six points above the escort but with no chance to extend that gap further in a great match that could have been hinge. .
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VÉLEZ – RIVER PLATE, MINUTE BY MINUTE
- The minute after minute between the Fortin and the Millionaire.
- VÉLEZ GOAL! Ortega surprised and nailed a left foot to make it 2-2
- RIVER TARGET! Kranevitter opened the ball, Herrera shot in the striker and Beltrán headed in the 2-1
- VÉLEZ GOAL! They touched it all in a devastating attack and Pratto defined it for 1-1
- RIVER TARGET! El Sicario couldn’t beat Gómez in the first inning, but he opened the score in the rebound
- And so is the Fortin, which desperately needs a win
- Confirmed River without Enzo Pérez, with Borja as starting player and Diablito Echeverri as substitutes
- Good evening and welcome to another broadcast of GOAL. Vélez will face River Plate on date 18 of the Binance 2023 tournament at José Amalfitani Stadium.
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The meeting between Fortín and the Millionaire is broadcast in Argentina by ESPN premiumsignal available only to those who have contracted the football package with their cable television companies.
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FORMATIONS
VELEZ
Gaston Gomez; Tomas Guidara, Lautaro Giannetti, Diego Godin, Francisco Ortega; Damian Fernandez, Christian Ordonez, Elias Cabrera; Gianluca Prestianni, Lucas Janson; Luke Prato. D.T.: Ricardo Gareca.
RIVER PLATE
Franco Armani; Andrés Herrera, Leandro González Pirez, Robert Rojas, Milton Casco; Rodrigo Aliendro; Ignacio Fernández, Nicolas de la Cruz, Esequiel Barco; Pablo Solari, Miguel Borja. DT: Martin Demichelis.
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