The Strongest defeats River Plate in the Libertadores debut

O The Strongest won the river plate in a game valid for the first round of the group stage of the 2023 Copa Libertadores. With two goals scored by triverioand one of Castlethe Bolivian team took all three points after a 3-0 victory, and started their campaign in this year’s continental tournament well.

Despite the altitude being a determining factor for the games commanded by the Bolivian team, who commanded at the beginning of the match was River Plate, which showed its technical quality and scared in two good opportunities. Even so, the lack of taking advantage of the chances ended up being fatal, and The Strongest built their result.

The first was a controversial penalty committed by armani on the side of the area, and well charged by Triverio to open the scoring. A short time later, with the home team already in charge of the game, the team made a good move and the ball arrived again at shirt number 11, which hit and set the score for the first half.

With the expectation that River could show some reaction, The Strongest soon tried to increase the advantage once again, at the beginning of the final stage. At three minutes, the team had a corner kicked on the right, had a deflection on the first beam and saw Castillo put another one on the scoreboard of the match.

A short time later, River still managed to reduce, with another penalty scored by the arbitration. In the quiet charge of Beltrán, the Argentines closed the account of 3 to 1, and confirmed the defeat in the debut of the tournament. After the goal, the game slowed down, and little happened.