With different teams, River beat Racing de Montevideo/Télam 3-1
River Plate closed their preseason with a 3-1 victory against Racing de Montevideo. Milton Casco opened the scoring in the first stage and in the second half, with other names, goals from Miguel Borja and Bruno Zuculini sealed the result, after Rodrigo Rey’s temporary draw.
River arranged a line of four defenders, with Enzo Pérez ahead, four offensive midfielders in line and a single point of reference that was Lucas Beltrán. Demichelis’s team dominated the action from the start of the game and scored on 32 minutes with a low left foot shot from Milton Casco.
For the second part, Demichelis changed the 11 players but maintained the tactical system with Borja as center forward and with Solari, Barco, Aliendro and Alfonso coming from the midfield. In the first dangerous play Racing reached the tie with a shot from Rey, but after 13 minutes Borja made it 2-1 and then Zuculini headed in with a surprise appearance, putting the final 3-1.
River Plate: Franco Armani; Robert Rojas, Leandro González Pírez, Emanuel Mammana, Milton Casco; Enzo Perez; Tomás Castro Ponce, Ignacio Fernández, José Paradela, Santiago Simón; Lucas Beltran. DT: Martin Demichelis.
Racing Montevideo: Nicholas Gentilio; Franco Paredes, Santiago Mouriño, Gastón Bueno, Fabián Píriz; Agustín Rodríguez, Gilmar Bolivar, Matías Benítez, José Varela; Agustin Alanis, Rodrigo Rey. DT: Gustavo Fernani.
Goals: Pt. 32m Hull (RP). ST. 4′ Rodrigo Rey (RU), 13m Borja (RP), 18m Zuculini (RP).
Changes: In River Centurión, Herrera, Maidana, Peña, Elías Gómez, Bruno Zuculini, Barco, Alfonso, Solari, Aliendro and Borja entered. In Racing, Odriozola, Verón, Núñez, Gorocito, Pereira, Zapata, Hernández and Avila.
Referee: Nicholas Ramirez
Court: RiverCamp.
