The former Colo Colo was the protagonist in the Millionaires’ narrow 2-1 victory at home. Now you have to prepare to face the Copa Libertadores.
Pablo Solari was once again the protagonist of River Plate . The Millionaire team had a tough game against Platense, a team they were able to overcome after two assists from the former Colo Colo.
The first goal came early in three minutes. After receiving the ball in the right sector, he faced then took a cross which ended up in the feet of Miguel Borja, who anticipated at the near post to take the advantage. .
In the 12th minute, the tie for the visit came with a goal from Ronaldo Martínez. Of course, the solution to break the tie again came at 55′. As in the previous game, Solari overflowed in the right sector and sent a cross which, after being slightly deflected along the way, Ignacio Fernández sent it into the back of the net. .
This prominent role meant for Solari to be highlighted by the Trans-Andean press. Olé commented that “two very good crosses which caused the goals of River : both on the right, first he served it to Borja and then -by way of detour- to Nacho. He didn’t stand a chance.”
For her part, La Página Millionaria wrote that she had “an intermittent performance and with several errors in the culminations. Still, with two overruns and two good crosses, he provided two assists ”.
In turn, La Nación argued that “he stood out playing in the position where he played the most at Colo Colo , like a wing wide open on the right. From this area, with dribbles, overflows and crosses, he obtained two assists for the two celebrations of the night between Borja and Nacho Fernández. One of the keys to River’s victory over Platense and a player to recover for the Libertadores ”.
However, in the personal and group analysis, despite winning, Solari pulled out of the game with bad feelings about the team’s performance. “This is not what we want, this is not what we are looking for. What we are looking for is the first 10 minutes, this is what we want to generate in the game and we want to keep the whole game “, he specified to TNT Sports Argentina.
“Here we are today with a bitter feeling in this direction. Because hey, we always want to play cute, right? The important thing is that we won and now we will work for Thursday’s game “, he added, thinking of the Copa Libertadores.
The Demichelis analysis
After the match that left River Plate in the lead with 40 points and a five point advantage over San Lorenzo, their escort, millionaires coach Martín Demichelis analyzed the duel.
“It was an obligation to advance the game. We won, that’s the most important thing. I care how he started pointing. He was also self-critical with the performance of his managers. “We lacked the one to control the game more. You have to work to try to control the team better and somehow you have to praise the team ”.
He also compared the development of the game with features similar to what he saw in the last game against Talleres. “I think we had a bit of the same thing as in Córdoba: a lot of inaccuracies, which started to fill us with negative feelings which increased the confidence of the rival. I don’t think we knew how to control those feelings of opening the game so quickly. These are emotions and the protagonists sometimes feed on them for better or for worse. ”.
Finally, and thinking of the Copa Libertadores where they will face Sporting Cristal in Peru on Thursday (8:00 p.m.), he launched that “there is a lot to work on, to correct ”.
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