River Plate, leader of the Professional Soccer League, beat Independiente 1-0 with a great goal from Esequiel Barco, in the match corresponding to the 13th. date. The classic is played from 8:30 p.m. at the Más Monumental stadium, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Núñez, with arbitration by Andrés Merlos and television from the ESPN Premium signal. Also, It can be followed live through the classic Supertransmi de FM La Redonda on 100.3 on the dial (listen here).
At 17 minutes after a burst from the owner of the house, Barco took advantage of a short rebound from the Independiente defense and with a right foot from outside the area unattackable for Rodrigo Rey, he opened the scoring and made it 1-0.
A few minutes later, Paulo Díaz suffered a strain on his left thigh and had to leave the field and Emanuel Mammana entered but the “Red” was still not a danger. He gave the ball a lot to the local and did not generate collective play.
River was close to expanding the score with a play that featured Lucas Beltrán, who finished off wide. Just five minutes later, at 33 minutes, Ignacio Fernández almost increased the lead on the scoreboard after a shot from Enzo Pérez.
In the complement, the “Millionaire” came out intractable and in the first minute he was close again with a header from the Uruguayan De La Cruz. Before five minutes, Rodrigo Rey prevented Aliendro from scoring the second goal and on the rebound, the River midfielder took a shot that crashed against the crossbar.
Independiente, who suffered the repeated arrivals of the local team, also lost Damián Pérez after a hard foul on Ignacio Fernández.
River, with 30 points, six more than its escorts San Lorenzo and Belgrano (24), marked differences with all its rivals and even though soccer is not an exact science, everything seems to indicate that the domestic tournament will not escape from the Hands on the team now led by Demichelis, who replaced Marcelo Gallardo, the club’s most winning coach in its history.
The “Millionaire” comes from beating Sporting Cristal, from Peru, in the Copa Libertadores, and has seven consecutive victories and all with an undefeated fence.
However, the match against Independiente is a classic and although his rival is going through a discreet reality, he has been directed for 10 days by Ricardo Zielinski, a DT who knew how to embitter River on more than one occasion, the most relevant when being the coach de Belgrano de Córdoba sent him down in 2011.
Independiente, who suffers from relegation since it is only two points behind Arsenal and Unión, the last in the annual table, the position that will mean the third relegation of the season along with the two worst averages, will clearly go to Monumental as “point “Although Zielinski will be working to complicate River as much as possible.
In the history, adding amateurism and professionalism, they played 194 times with a clear River Plate advantage of 82 wins against 58 for Independiente, plus 54 draws.
