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River Plate, led by Martín Demichelis, is playing its second friendly of 2023 today when it faces Millonarios, from Colombia, as part of its international tour of the United States, as part of preseason work.
The match takes place at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, starting at 9:30 p.m. and will be televised by Star+.
The Núñez club is getting ready for its debut in the Professional Soccer League on January 28, when it visits Central Córdoba in Santiago del Estero.
Before Millonarios he faces the second of the three friendlies scheduled on American soil. Last Tuesday they beat Monterrey, from Mexico, 1-0, with a goal from Lucas Beltrán. The third match will be on Tuesday the 17th against Vasco da Gama, from Brazil.
Millionaires, a team of marked brotherhood with River and where figures such as Alfredo Di Stéfano, Néstor Rossi and Adolfo Pedernera played, comes from a 2-2 draw against Hertha Berlin of Germany, in their first friendly of the year (January 11).
After consecrating himself world champion with the Scaloneta, Armani returned to ownership in the Demichelis team.
This is how the River Plate match began: Armani (C); Rojas, Peña Biafore, Mammana, Gomez; Zuculini, Simón, Barco, Castro Ponce; Londono and Beltran.
For its part, the Colombian team stood in this way: Montero; Vargas, Llinás, Bertel, Perlaza; Pereira, Giraldo, Silva, Cataño, Yúber; Ruiz.
At 59′ into the development of the game, after a rebound, Mammana marks the advantage of Núñez’s team in Miami.
6′ from the end, Peña Biafore is sent off for receiving his second yellow card, thus leaving the Argentine team with one less player on the pitch.
A minute later, Miguel Borja, who had replaced Lucas Beltrán, faced the Millonarios area alone, where goalkeeper Montero gave him a penalty kick.
The ”hummingbird” ends up exchanging the penalty for the second goal for River 2 minutes from the end.
The match ended 2-0 in favor of the team led by Martín Demichelis, making it their second victory of the year.
