Unión La Calera beat River Plate 4-3 from 12 steps, after a goalless draw in a friendly match played in San Luis
La Calera Union positively ended the year 2022 by beat penalties 4-3 River Plateafter a goalless draw during the 90 minutes, in a friendly match played in the Argentine town of San Luis.
In this way, the ‘cemeteries’ they embittered the premiere of Martín Demichelis as coach of the ‘millionaire’ team. The former Argentine national team replaced Marcelo Gallardo, the most successful DT in the history of the popular trans-Andean club, on the bank of the cast of the blood band.
The match was also the debut of Gerardo Ameli in the calerana bank. The former DT of Deportes Antofagasta returns to Chilean soccer to take the place of his compatriot Federico Vilar.
A match without too much brilliance, with few scoring chances, which was characterized by a strong leg. For the Argentines he said present Pablo Solariwho was close to scoring at the start with a good shot.
The great figure of the fight in the Parque La Pradera Stadium was the Calerano goalkeeper Fernando Otárola. The Chilean nationalized Argentine saved three penalty kicks in the shootoutspecifically Franco Alonso, Fabián Londoño and Lucas Beltrán.
Meanwhile, Patricio Flores and Abel Moreno failed for the Chilean team, which suffered the expulsion of the reinforcement during the match Alejo Antiffor a double warning at 63 minutes.
Thus, La Calera had a strong squeeze in their preparation for the 2023 season.
Kranevitter suffered a fracture
The Argentinian midfielder Matías Kranevitter suffered a fracture in the first minutes of the friendly against Unión La Calera.
The 29-year-old midfielder suffered after six minutes a strong tackle from César Pérez on the right ankle. River reported that he will have to undergo surgery for the fracture.
“Soccer stuff. Mati comes with enormous enthusiasm and energy, and unfortunately The fracture of an ankle bone has already been confirmed. I want to wish you the best of spirits, lots of energy and recover. There is no other option, it is part of football”, indicated coach Martín Demichelis.
AMAZING! Kranevitter returned to River and suffered an injury in less than 10 minutes of the game vs. La Calera Union.
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— SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) December 23, 2022
ℹ [Parte médico] In the friendly against Unión La Calera, Matías Kranevitter suffered a fractured right ankle. He will be scheduled for surgical treatment in the next few days. pic.twitter.com/zFusMTTI7W
— River Plate (@RiverPlate) December 23, 2022