By date 14 of the 2023 Professional League of Argentine soccer, River sought to surpass Independent to continue with the difference of six points on his immediate pursuer San Lorenzo, who had beaten Platense in the first turn and in an agonizing way 1 to 0.
The River Plate set achieved it in the classic against “Red”: he won 2 to 0 with goals from Esequiel Barco, who complied with the Law of the Ex scoring a great goal, and from the Colombian Miguel Borja, who came on from the bench in the second half and was able to win the position over Sergio Barreto and then define crossed before the departure of Rodrigo Rey .
Not only did Martín Demichelis’s team achieve their eighth consecutive victory, but he also did it without conceding goals! something that only in the current season could Juventus achieve, speaking of the most important leagues in the world.
? Demichelis surpasses Peucelle and becomes the coach with the best start in his first 17 games at River pic.twitter.com/HfcshPVHny
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In addition to all this, “Micho” became the DT with the best start in his first 17 games in the entire history of the “Millionaire” team, surpassing Carlos Peucelle, who had collected 41 points in 17 games, the product of 13 wins, two draws and two losses. We go through the list.
RIVAL |
RESULT |
---|---|
CORDOBA PLANT |
G 2-0 |
BELGRANO |
P 2-1 |
ARGENTINIANS |
G 2-1 |
TIGRE |
G 1-0 |
BANFIELD |
G 3-2 |
ARSENAL |
P 2-1 |
LANUS |
G 2-0 |
RACING CBA |
G 3-0 |
GODOY CRUZ |
G 3-0 |
SARMIENTO |
G 2-0 |
THE STRONGEST |
P 3-1 |
HURRICANE |
G 3-0 |
GYM |
G 3-0 |
UNION |
G 1-0 |
NEWELL’S |
G 1-0 |
SPORTING CRISTAL |
G 4-2 |
INDEPENDENT |
G 2-0 |
Demichelis reached 14 wins (and three losses) over that number of games played, which places him with 42 points at the top of the ranking among all River Plate coaches.
DT |
PTS |
PG |
PE |
PP |
---|---|---|---|---|
MARTIN DEMICHELIS |
42 |
14 |
0 |
3 |
CARLOS PEUCELLE |
41 |
13 |
2 |
2 |
JOSE MARIA MINELLA |
39 |
12 |
3 |
2 |
JOSE RAMOS |
39 |
12 |
3 |
2 |
JUAN URRIOLABEITIA |
38 |
12 |
2 |
3 |
LUIS CUBILLA |
38 |
11 |
5 |
1 |
MARCELO GALLARDO |
37 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
REINALDO MERLO |
37 |
11 |
4 |
2 |
LEONARDO ASTRADA |
36 |
11 |
3 |
3 |
DIEGO SIMEONE |
36 |
11 |
3 |
3 |