23m, ST ¡Gol de Ríver!
Sarmiento continues to give advantages and River, despite the rotation of some of its starters (neither Enzo Pérez nor Julián Álvarez are here, for example), continues to score goals. This time, and after a rebound in Ayala, Santiago Simón, who had entered from the substitute bench, defined the far post. It is River’s seventh goal.
Santiago Simon’s goal
16m, ST ¡Gol de River!
River does not stop. Sixth millionaire goal: Enzo Fernández’s heel pass and Julián Álvarez’s definition to the angle, who scores his third goal of the game and takes the ball home. River wins 6-0 in Junín and flourishes.
Julian Alvarez’s goal
14m, ST ¡Gol de River!
River does what he wants with Sarmiento’s defense. A pass from Vismara falls short and after a triangulation between De la Cruz and Barco, the former Independiente player takes a shot from the right to the far post of Ayala. It is the fifth millionaire goal.
River’s fifth goal, the work of Esequiel Barco
6m, ST ¡Gol de River!
Enzo Fernández closes a combination to the right of River’s attack. He appears empty, unmarked. He sees Álvarez and gives him assistance. Fernández defines the far post and scores 4-0.
River’s fourth goal (Enzo Fernández)
5m, ST: Pochettino shoots and is injured
Tomás Pochettino, author of one of the goals, finishes off the goal and in the following play asks for the substitution due to a discomfort in his right leg, where they apply ice to the instep. He is replaced by Agustín Palavecino.
1m, ST: The second half begins in Junín
Lisandro López and Gervasio Núñez enter instead of Brea and Méndez for the second part. The locals advance on the court looking to discount, and leave spaces that River can take advantage of. The team led by Marcelo Gallardo wins 3-0.
45m, PT: End of the first half, Sarmiento 0 vs. River 3
River goes to the locker room with a clear advantage: they win 3-0 and confirm their qualification for the quarterfinals of the Professional League Cup. There was a match until the millionaire team found the first goal, scored by Tomás Pochettino. He increased the lead a minute later and finished setting up the win at the end of the first half. Sarmiento will have to improve a lot if he wants to get closer to the result.
44m, PT: ¡Gol de River!
Sarmiento has cracks in defense and River takes advantage of all the licenses. Casco reaches the bottom and throws a measured center to the far post. That’s where Álvarez enters, who defines at will and converts the third goal for his team.
Álvarez’s second goal for River (3-0)
34m, PT: ¡Gol de River!
The local makes a mistake at the exit. Andueza stumbles, Álvarez is left alone hand in hand with Ayala and finishes off with a right. River, in a burst, becomes 2-0. The Cordovan striker, sold to Manchester City, had gone 690 minutes without converting.
Álvarez’s goal for River (2-0)
33m, PT: ¡Gol de River!
River moves the ball from one band to the other in a corner and, with Sarmiento falling back to mark the stopped ball, finds a shot by Pochettino from outside the area to score the 1-0.
Pochettino’s goal for River (1-0)
26m, PT: Ayala saves Sarmiento again
River finds Sarmiento badly stopped in the setback. Pochettino goes to the bottom and throws the center. Álvarez spreads his legs, lets the ball pass and Enzo Fernández, from the front, finishes off the goal. He saves, again, Ayala. River is more than its rival and accumulates merits to score the first goal of the game.
18m, PT: Paulo Díaz shot that slaps Ayala
River monopolizes the ball. He arrives with short passes and avoids Sarmiento’s marks. The maneuver ends with a distant shot by Paulo Díaz, which evoked his beginnings as a striker. Josué Ayala wallows and avoids the goal.
15m, PT: You scratch more than you play
The meeting has no risk plays. There is an overcrowding of midfielders and neither team knows how to get deep. The local, with a more direct game, intends to seek the power of Toledo and Torres, their attackers. River, faithful to his style, bets on the associated game and the ball on the floor, with Barco as the setter.
21.32 Rapallini gives the order and the action begins
Fernando Rapallini decrees the start of the match at the Eva Perón stadium, where Sarmiento and River are already playing, a fundamental match for the aspirations of both teams.
21.10 These are the eleven that Israel Damonte chose to play with River
The Junín team will try to win to sneak into the four teams in zone A of the Super League Cup. The holders will be: Josué Ayala; Jean Pierre Rosso, Gastón Sauro, Federico Andueza and Federico Rasmussen; Julián Brea, Emiliano Méndez, Harrinson Mancilla and Yair Arismendi; Jonathan Torres and Javier Toledo.
21.05 Confirmed River to play with Sarmiento
The initial formation of the millionaire team will have only one change in relation to the last match for the Copa Libertadores against Colo Colo, in Chile. Tomás Pochettino will enter midfield in place of Santiago Simón. Marcelo Gallardo, the coach, continues to trust Julián Álvarez’s goalscoring ability and keeps him as the team’s starter and offensive reference.
20.20 A stadium in which River feels comfortable
Only once could Sarmiento beat River at home. They met 12 times and the Millionaire won 8 of them, with 13 goals in favor. Sarmiento, just 1, with 13 conquests. There are three draws in history.
Since 1981, Sarmiento has faced River Plate 12 times. Sarmiento won 1 match, with 13 goals. River won in 8 games, scoring 23 goals. There are 3 ties in history.
20.15 Welcome to the minute-by-minute coverage of Sarmiento vs. River
My name is Alexander Casar Gonzalez and I am going to accompany you in the live coverage of everything that happens in the match that will be played from 9:30 p.m. at the Eva Perón stadium, in Junín, and that will be transcendental for the aspirations of both teams to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Professional League Cup. River will have a change: Tomás Pochettino will enter for Santiago Simón. In the Green, Israel Damonte arranged for Jean Pierre Rosso to replace Gonzalo Bettini and for Eduardo Méndez to play from the start for Gervasio Núñez.