* The midfielder burst into tears out of frustration
Matias Kranevitter played against Tiger his second consecutive game as a starter – he had also started from the beginning against Deportivo Táchira for the Copa Libertadores – and he aspired to regain the rhythm that he had not yet achieved since his return to River Plate. But his physique played tricks on him again: a pulled hamstring in his left leg took him out of the match 36 minutes into the first stage and he ended up being replaced by Rodrigo Aliendro.
After feeling the aforementioned discomfort, the 31-year-old midfielder collapsed on the grass and the alarms went off on the Millonario bench. The doctors immediately came in to treat him and it was at that moment when the tears broke out on the steering wheel, and he held his face trying to hide them.
Kranevitter stood up accompanied by the professionals from his club, and next to the lime line he touched his hamstring, perhaps imagining the chance to try. However, coach Martín Demichelis chose to change him for Aliendro. And again the footballer cried.
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