Marcelo Gallardo surprised with River’s formation and hosted the team against Pérez’s confirmed downscal with coronavirus, which will be replaced by Leo Ponzio. To this, it must be added that Javier Pinola will not be of the game and the duo will be composed of Paulo Díaz and Robert Rojas.With a new scheme, betting on Jorge Carrascal as a hitch, the “Millionaire” goes for a victory that allows him to arrive quietly in Montevideo to try to get back into the top four in America and keep alive the dream of the fifth cup.
On the other side, Nacional puts the best he has on the court, betting on a more conservative scheme, with five midfielders and Gonzalo Bergessio, the goal card, ahead of them, looking for an outcome that allows them to dream of lowering one of the candidates for this Liberators.Asi, River jumps to the field with Armani, Montiel, Diaz, Rojas, Angileri; Fernandez, Ponzio, De La Cruz; Carrascal; Suarez and Santos Borre, while the “Bolso” jumps into the field with Rochet; Mendez, Laborda, Orihuela, Oliveros; Garcia; Trezza, Neves, Martinez, Cougo, and Bergessio.
River went out on the charge of the start and tried to create danger in Rochet’s bow but failed in the definitions and against began to suffer some arrivals from the sides, mainly on the backs of Angileri, where Trezza forced Armani in more than one chance to cut the play in time. However, within 40 minutes came the clearest for the “Millionaire” when Suarez fell in the area and Rojas saw a foul where there was no one. Santos Borré took over the execution, but his header was weak and in the middle and the Uruguayan goalkeeper guessed the intention to keep 0-0 biased.
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Before the close of the stage, River went for everything and at the discount time found the 1 to 0. In the race, Suarez again received behind his back from the power plants and after faced Oliveros, topped the first suit to stamp the 1 to 0 partial. Despite the entry, there was revision in the VAR and the score was annulled. In the second stage, River started with everything and in the first Borré had it in one hand with Rochet, but the goalkeeper, one of the figures, won it, but the rematch was to come back for the “Millionaire”. At 65 minutes, De La Cruz forced a hand in the area and Montiel took over the execution for the 1 to 0 partial.
