2023-12-23 09:18:00
Argentine soccer has a champion of champions: River. On the night of Santiago, Demichelis’ team beat Rosario Central 2-0 and won the Champions Trophy, which goes to the winners of the two Professional League tournaments that were held during the year. If the final ended 2-0 it was, solely and exclusively, because Jorge Broun was in Central’s goal. The goalkeeper resisted each and every one of the arrivals of the Millonario forwards.
Defines Collidium: Fatura Broun cover. De la Cruz free kick: crossbar of Fatura’s goal. Echeverri’s cornered shot: Fatura deflects. Solari remains hand in hand: Fatura’s suit. Boat comes alive from mid-distance: Fatura cover once more. All this happened in the first thirty minutes of the game and is the explanation why River did not convert any of the many options that he made.
The key to Demichelis’ team was in Barco’s leadership, in the arrivals of Enzo Díaz on the left and Solari on the right, and in De la Cruz’s opportunism. Thus, River cornered Rosario Central and had it served on a platter. But he failed where he should not fail: in the area. That’s why he had to suffer too much until he managed to open the lock.
At 40, when Central was encouraged by a lukewarm reaction, Colidio took advantage of a counterattack that he countered precisely. This time, Fatura was vulnerable. A scarce 1-0 for a team that determinedly went out to find the final between the two champions of the season.
The expulsion of Campaz for a double yellow in the first minutes of the second half sentenced Central. And although he had a clear chance when the ball slipped out of Armani’s hands in a corner, the truth is that he did not create situations on his own merit.
Nacho Fernández’s great goal fifteen minutes from time closed a night to celebrate. The qualification of Barco, the figure of this River that says goodbye to the year as the champion of champions, was exquisite.
The farewell of the historical
The final of the Champions Trophy last night was the last performance with the River shirt for several historic players such as Enzo Pérez and Nicolás De la Cruz and many doubts arise regarding the continuity of the contracts that expire at the end of the year.
On December 31, the contracts of Emanuel Mammana, Jonatan Maidana, Bruno Zuculini, Matías Suárez and Leandro González Pírez end and the transfer market has the possibility of departure for De la Cruz and Salomón Rondón.
The only player who confirmed his departure was Maidana, who played his last game once morest Huracán. The Venezuelan Rondón, for his part, let it be known that his family did not adapt to the country and that is why there are sale rumors that link him to Real Oviedo of the second in Spain.
As for Mammana, he hasn’t even concentrated for several games and his departure is almost a fact.
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