translated from Spanish: River beat Chivas 5-1 in his first friendly of the season

While many teams continue to assess their movements in the pass market, River traveled to Los Angeles and faced Chivas de Guadalajara in what was the first game of this season. El Millonario showed a great version of the game and won 5-1 with goals from Nicolás de la Cruz (2), Rafael Santos Borré, Nacho Fernández and Benjamín Rollheiser. In the 25th minute, after several chances for The Nunez team, came the first goal of Nicolás de la Cruz who hung the ball at an angle after a free kick at the door of the area. The 2-0 score disregarded Santos Borré, who had had a clear before. As soon as the second half began, Nacho Fernández made an excellent play that broke the crossbar and De la Cruz appeared to secure the third goal of Gallardo’s team. With a bad reaction from Enrique Bologna, (Franco Armani is in Brazil with the Argentina national team) who cleared a michael Perez shot badly, ended up hitting Gonzalo Montiel and ended up in a goal against. 

i️ Medical part
Enzo Pérez: sprained right ankle, ️ The squad will have a day off on Saturday and resume training on Sunday. pic.twitter.com/mAsj2WGq71 — River Plate (@RiverPlate)
June 29, 2019

But soon after, a leaked pass from Exequiel Palacios for Nacho Fernández ended in a goal from former Gimnasia and secured the 4-1. The final result came from the bench with Benjamin Rollheiser, who replaced Julián Alvarez, and had the opportunity to score the fifth goal of the night celebrated by the millionaire fans. Enzo Perez was injured in the 10th minute and the official medical part says he has a sprained right ankle. Goals

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