Colombian Miguel Borja converted the second / official river
River completed its pre-season stage in Orlando, United States, with a victory against Vasco da Gama, from Brazil, and will return to Buenos Aires for a new test, this time against Racing from Uruguay, on Sunday, it will begin to transit in Santiago del Estero, against the local Central Córdoba, an official season whose first competition will be the Professional League.
With the youthful Franco Alfonso, very active, facing, causing fouls and certifying with a good execution that he can take charge of free kicks, as a great surprise in the formation, it was difficult for the team that Martín Demichelis is developing to impose conditions in the game.
Vasco da Gama was superior during the first quarter of an hour, with a thorough attack by Gabriel Pec, which Franco Armani avoided, but River showed that without the ball it is capable of developing high-risk situations. Ignacio Fernández-Borja did it with a first match, and after 23 minutes, a free kick from Nacho made it possible for Emanuel Mammana to open the game, who had scored against Millonarios de Colombia, in the previous test, with a header.
Nuñez’s team, even exposing themselves to aftershocks, began to have field and ball against a Rio de Janeiro formation that began to show weaknesses in all its lines, and Miguel Borja’s 2-0, at minute 44, in a play that began to develop Ignacio Fernández and included Pablo Solari, it was a logical consequence.
In the second half, from the start, Borja hit a shot off a post, and River’s third was in the air, complicating an opponent who showed some danger in attack, starting with Nene, his experienced 41-year-old midfielder, but defending showed that it is a recently promoted team.
Unlimited substitutions and a series of infractions, some of them inappropriate for a friendly trial, blurred a game that ended in a win by Lucas Beltrán, after 42 minutes.
River subsidiaries in this region of the United States filled the stands of the stadium
Beyond the good feelings Demichelis received from his presentations against Rayados de Monterrey (1-0), Millonarios de Colombia (2-0), and Vasco da Gama (3-0), River will travel back to Argentina with the satisfaction of his coach because all the players under his charge added minutes, except, of course, those who are in the process of recovering from injuries, such as Nicolás De La Cruz, Agustín Palavecino, David Martínez, Paulo Díaz, Elías López and Matias Suarez.
Likewise, who will have the responsibility of supporting the Millionaire team in the foreground after the departure of Marcelo Gallardo, had the opportunity to see in action players who were relegated due to physical causes, such as the cases of Robert Rojas and Felipe Peña, who they reappeared.
