Miguel Angel Borja He arrives energized to the Colombia National Team concentration which he will join in the next few hours. And the striker scored a hat trick in the victory of River Plate in view of Tiger by 3 to 1 in the Argentine Super League.
The Colombian was in charge of opening the scoring from the penalty spot after the referee whistled for a handball inside the Facundo Ferreyra area. Borja put it well in the corner so that the goalkeeper had no option to save it.
Before the second half, Tigre equalized with Ferreyra who redeemed himself and sent him to save from the twelve steps after a previous foul by Franco Armani on Blas Armoa.
In the extra time, Borja scored his double in the 53rd minute and put River ahead on the scoreboard again in a play in which the forward received a cross and took a left foot shot to hit the far post for the Tigre goalkeeper. .
Six minutes later, Borja again reported on the scoreboard and again from twelve steps after a foul on Pablo Solari inside the rival area.
With these three goals scored this Sunday, Borja reached 16 goals in the Argentine championship and remains at the top of the scoring table.
It is worth noting that River will play this coming Thursday, June 13, against Deportivo Riestra as a visitor, a duel that Borja will surely miss.
Watch Miguel Ángel Borja’s hat trick against Tigre:
