With a solid performance in all its lines, River Plate exceeded Barcelona on Thursday and extended its advantage in the tip of group B of the Copa Libertadores.
The goals of Sebastián Driussi, Facundo Colidio and Franco Mastantuono allowed River to add their second victory of the tournament and reach eight points in Group B. Barcelona suffered its second setback followed and remained with four units.
In the Monumental stadium, in Guayaquil, River Plate opened the scoring at seven minutes with the goal of Driussi, who defined with a cross shot after taking advantage of a long pass by Lucas Martínez Quarta.
“We made a great game, we came to look for victory and took three important points,” said Driussi, who shouted for the fifth consecutive game. “I’m happy because we did a great job on a difficult court.”
Barcelona temporarily equaled at 15 minutes with a precise header from Octavio Rivero.
The Argentine team responded to the 26 with a racing shot of Colidio, which emulated the first goal of the match.
“It was a great triumph for us,” said the Millionaires coach Marcelo Gallardo. “We did not come to speculate, but to make our game and to press high, to attack with many people.”
At 36, Barcelona suffered a hard blow when losing its goalkeeper José Contreras due to a right shoulder injury. Ignacio de Arruabarrena entered instead.
At the beginning of the complementary stage, River expanded its advantage after a center of Miguel Borja, which Mastantuono finished off the empty door.
“The goals were specific errors, we were not attentive,” said Barcelona coach, Second Castillo. “The person in charge is me, when you don’t win you have to put your face. We will try to correct and improve.”
At 49, Barcelona was discounted again after a deviated shot by Janner Corozo, who deviated in Martínez Quarta and got into his own arch.
River did not suffer from Barcelona’s attempts in the final stretch and secured the three points that left him near the qualification to the round of 16.
In the other crash of the group, university matched 1-1 with Independiente del Valle.
Claudio Spinelli inaugurated the scorer at 28 minutes for Ecuadorians, while José Carabalí restored the draw at 36.
Independiente del Valle climbed to second place with five points, one more than university.
Atlético Nacional again celebrates as a localAfter two consecutive losses in Brazil, Atlético Nacional recovered with a 3-1 victory against International.
In a meeting that was played in Medellín under intense rain, the Colombian team won with a double of Kevin Viveros and another Diana by Billy Arce.
International discounted with a prison from Alan Patrick.
Ecuadorian Enner Valencia left the court in the first half due to muscle injury.
With this result, Atlético Nacional reached six points, one less than Bahia, a pointer of the F. Inter group was third with five and national closes with four.
Olimpia rescues tie against VélezSome of Hugo Fernández at 92 minutes allowed Olimpia to match 1-1 during his visit to Vélez Sarsfield and still stay with classification options in Group H.
The Fortín put an advantage at 33 minutes with the scoring of Maher Carrizo, but Olimpia advanced his lines in the second part and got the draw in the added time.
Vélez reached seven points and reached Peñarol in the lead. San Antonio Bulo Bulo is third with six. Olimpia adds two points and needs to win your last two games to avoid elimination.
By group D, workshops and freedom matched 0-0 in Córdoba.
The Paraguayan team reached seven points and remained in the second place. Workshops was complicated with one. Sao Paulo, who reached 10 units on Tuesday, exceeding Alianza Lima 2-0, is one step away from ensuring its presence in the round of 16.
