On his visit to Deportivo Riestra, the Millonario once again had a very poor performance and lost: the weak visitor numbers this year.
By Sebastian Ueberrhein
Updated on 06/13/2024 – 17:42hs ART
Updated on 06/13/2024 – 17:42hs ART
The defeat against Deportivo Riestra once again confirmed one of the big problems that the team has River by Martín Demichelis: although it is very strong at home, when he leaves the Monumental it costs him horrors. Very pale performances and very weak numbers: playing as a visitor, the great karma of the Millionaire.
When playing at home, River at times seems unbeatable. And that is the great source of illusion in the Libertadores Cup, where Millo already knows that he will define all the series at home. Even the final would be played at the Monumental, although there is still no official confirmation from Conmebol. But as a visitor the story is different…
River’s weak numbers playing as a visitor in 2024
The biggest lost only four games in the year, and all of them were playing away from the Monumental: 0-1 with Huracán in the Tomás A. Ducó, for Zone A of the League Cup, 2-3 against Boca e Córdoba, for the quarterfinals of the same tournament, 0-1 with Argentinos in La Paternal in the Professional League, and now this clash with Riestra.
If the panorama opens up, we must also add the fall with Temperley in the Argentine Cup, which despite being on penalties after a tie in the 90 minutes, River played a very bad match against a First National team.
At the same time, Núñez’s team has four games in a row without adding three as a visitor: the last one was with Libertad of Paraguay. In all those duels they scored goals, and it has been seven games away from Monumental that have not ended with an undefeated record: the last time was in the victory against Deportivo Táchira for the first date of the group stage of the Copa Libertadores.
