Marcelo Gallardo designs River, from the choice of soccer players and the game proposal, to be offensive and win. That is his north, but he has been diverted for a long time, he heads towards repeated draws, which frustrates him, they leave him dissatisfied. This Monday night recidivized in that result, with the 1-1 that Lanús got in the last seconds of the five minutes added. An equality, like the two against freedom that led him to the agony of the penalties to obtain the classification to the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores.
He returns from the fortress with the lament of a victory that escaped in recent seconds, although in the 95 minutes preceding he had not made so many merits as to be a clear and undisputed winner.
For River there were several games in one. Because it started with an alternative formation, reserving most of the headlines to face Union for Thursday for the round of 16 of the Argentine Cup. Beyond the good level shown by the Central Zagueros Portillo and Rivero, the general operation was not the best, it was hard for him to arrive.
With that panorama, Gallardo began to include his main pieces: the reappeared Salas, always thriving, Quintero, Montiel, Driussi. Montiel’s opportunism was put into advantage to appear in the rival area. Then he dedicated himself to taking care of the advantage, but did not endure the last onslaught of Lanús. And it was a tie, a result that defines the general state of River: neither fu nor fa.
The disappointment of Costantini and Driussi, with Castillo in the background celebrating knees – Credits: @Walter Manuel Cortina
The game was over, the last seconds of the five minutes added. Lanús throws the rest and has a reward. Canelo had entered, who from the right sends a center, diverted Bpu and the ball falls to Rodrigo Castillo, that defines first. The reinforcement from gymnastics is the garnet scorer in the tournament, with four goals.
Lanús goes to load, whatever. In the crescent, Watson takes an air ball and draws a complicated over-pico shot that finds Armani’s safe response.
In a hard and locked match, River happens to defend the advantage, he stops a few meters back. Achica spaces and puts a leg. Salas is admonished by an infraction. Lanús is thrust without criteria.
River’s goal changed the dynamics of the game. Lanús went to look for the tie and River stood firm. Shocks, discussions and some swings between Castaño and Watson.
From a corner, River puts an advantage. Quintero plays it short to receive the ball again and send a last center, which Galoppo, almost in the background, mete inside so that Montiel defines in front of the arch. A significant detail: Galoppo was going to be replaced before the corner, but asked to continue for that play and ended up giving assistance for Montiel. A minute later he came out and exchanged complicit smiles with Gallardo.
The Salas tank demands; Hold on the ball and Medina ram it to turn it. The Lanús flyer takes the yellow card.
Salvio, in a position to the limit-it seems that it was off-side-, deepens on the right and sends a last center that Watson connects defectively; The definition is diverted. Lanús was close.
It does not improve River and Gallardo sends the court to two other regular headlines: Montiel and Driussi; They leave the Boselli court, lazy performance on the right side, and colidio, inconsequential.
The striker can appear near the bottom line of his defense to make a quite the few seconds Surcar Campo rival to take out a left -hander of more than 30 meters that Losada is complicated to divert because the ball itchs before. The ex-racing transmits another type of energy.
With the exit of Meza, Galoppo is more on the right and Quintero in front of Castaño, of hitch. The Colombian is not necessary in his first interventions.
As soon as the second half starts, in River it is looking for Maxi Salas, but it is Lanús the improvement to cover spaces.
The changes in River were seen. For the second half they entered Salasin its reappearance after the injury in a knee, and Quintero. Meza and Borja left.
Less than discreet the first half game level. The great influx of fans that arrived on the beginning of the game had little to entertain. Lanús and River wandered by Labyrintos, they did not find the return to the game. Two proposals with few football arguments. The garnet depended on Marcelino Moreno rubbing the lamp. River stayed thinking about the goal that Borja wasted after two minutes, with a deviated auction five meters from the arch. Both teams ran without much criteria, organizers and players were missing that made good decisions. A first stage with little to remember.
River was staying farm Losada. Strengthen a corner, the ball is boyando and portillo, in the middle of a leg forest, it reaches aa and finds well stopped to the goalkeeper of Lanús.
When River does water, Armani appears to cover fissures. The goalkeeper is the best individuality of this semester. Moreno has more continuity in his appearances and now he gets in the area, eludes Boselli with a waist break and draws a shot that diverts the octopus. Marcich takes the rejection and finishes above the crossbar. Armani saves River.
Lanús articulates the advances a little better, the game flows a little better than River. Moreno enters the area with auction possibilities, but Portillo covers it with a firm and timely cross.
The performance of River and Gallardo is not good to send movements to several of the substitutes, including Quintero and Meza.
River loses offensive weight and far from recovering it with a shot of more than 30 meters from Borja, totally deviated.
Segovia, steering wheel on the right, changes the rhythm and puts the assistance to the uncheck of Marcelino Moreno, who, counted by a defender, enters the ball. There is a rebound and is corner for Lanús.
Except for Borja in the beginning, the game almost does not have situations. The two have a hard time being deep, they share limitations to reach the area.
River gives the domain, Lanús matches it with more presence and rhythm in the midfield. With little elaboration, River begins to throw balls for Borja.
Salvio covers the ball against Boselli – Credits: @Walter Manuel Cortina
Lanús opens the court to attack, with Salvio on the left. The toto, neglected by Boselli, overflows Meza and sends a center that is neutralized by brown.
Garnet has trouble having the ball, he needs Marcelino Moreno, the more in action to set up. River covers the roads inside N ° 10.
Lanús arrives for the first time to the River area with a long side, in an action that ends in Armani’s hands. River responds with a deep pickery of Meza on the right and a center that Galarza does not connect well in the auction to the arch.
The reinforcement from workshops did not have a good debut against Godoy Cruz. As a mitigating, the central defender position is not the one that best fits its conditions. Now it has a couple of safe interventions.
The doll jumps from the bank and claims the fourth referee for an alleged foul to non -sanctioned Castaño. The game rises the temperature.
Does not get into the Lanús and River party take advantage, it has the mobility and control initiative.
River wasted a very favorable situation on Borja’s feet. The youth Meza recovers the ball after a bad exit from Lanús and the play derives to the left, from where Galarza sends a center that passes to the defense of Lanús and arrives on Borja, which defines outside with the entire arch at his disposal.
River occupies the midfield with the youth Meza and Galarza for the bands, and Galoppo and Castaño in the double pivot.
The beginning of the party takes a few minutes due to failures in the intercommunicator of the referee Leandro Rey Hilfer with the authorities of the VAR.
The pellegrino team comes from three consecutive wins for the Clausura, after a lazy tournament start, with two losses in a row. One of its main pieces, Marcelino Moreno, He returns to ownership after recovering from a tear. In front of Central Córdoba for the South American Cup he played 45 minutes.
As was speculated, Marcelo Gallardo broken the squad and has an alternative formation, with several names that are repeated from the triumph over Godoy Cruz. The doll preserves several headlines to face Unión next Thursday, for the round of 16 of the Argentine Cup. Without the injured busts, and preserved Montiel, the right side will be Boselli. Portillo and Rivero reappear again, who did not give security to Godoy Cruz. Colidio is one of the headlines he maintains, and in the middle the youth Juan Cruz Meza was made. Maxi Salas, Retrieved from a sprain in a knee, return to the substitute bank.
River beat Lanús in his last three visits to the Néstor Díaz Pérez stadium, in a recent general history that records six wins and a draw. Lanús’ last victory was in the 2017/18 Super League, 1-0, with a goal by Alejandro Silva.
Both Lanús and River come from the classification to the quarterfinals of the continental glasses. In the South American, Mauricio Pellegrino’s team left Central Córdoba and awaits him Fluminense; In the Libertadores, Marcelo Gallardo suffered to eliminate freedom and in the next stage he will be measured with Palmeiras.
In the meeting tonight the first position of zone B of the Clausura is put into play. With a draw, River will be alone at the top, with an advantage point over Vélez and San Lorenzo. Garnet needs the triumph to be the only leader.