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Highlights and goals: River Plate 3-1 Arsenal in Argentine League Cup
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River Plate 3-1 Arsenal de Sarandi
91'
Arsenal substitution: Lucero for Guzman.
91'
Suárez's deflected shot.
90'
River adds a new victory, which will allow Demichelis to have a quiet week, El Millo wins well against a very brave Arsenal.
87'
Changes in River: Enzo and Nacho come out, Zucullini and Suarez come in.
80'
Arsenal substitution: Sporle for Cardozo.
80'
Changes in River: Lanzini, Borja and Simón come out; Colidio, Herrera and Kranevitter come in.
77'
Borja scored a double from the penalty spot to reassure the River Plate team.
76'
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL FOR RIVER PLATE
75'
Penalty for River
72'
Changes in Arsenal: Cavallaro and Pons come in, Brochero and Moreira come out.
69'
It has been a good game at the Monumental, a good match was played on equal terms in these last minutes.
61'
River attacks now, a header that passes close to Arsenal's goal.
59'
Cejas' side-footed shot surprises Armani and sneaks into the goal, tightening the score at the Monumental.
58'
GOOOOOOOOOOAL FOR ARSENAL
55'
Arsenal had a chance, Moreira could not define it, River is saved.
51'
Tiro de esquina para River Plate.
48'
Corner kick for River Plate.
45'
Substitution in Arse: Amarilla out, Cejas in.
45'
START TO SECOND HALF
First half commentary
River found themselves with an unexpected goal in the first minutes, the Colibri scored and put the home side on top. The rest of the game was a routine, River did what it wanted, it was not very demanding and tried to show lyrical soccer.
In the 29th minute, after so much insistence, De La Cruz scored a powerful right-footed shot, to beat the rival goal, and make a bigger difference in favor of El Millo.
Halftime
River Plate 2-0 Arsenal de Sarandí
43'
River tries and looks for the third before the end of the first half.
30'
A superb shot from outside the area by De La Cruz and a goal that relieves River.
29'
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL BY RIVER
27'
River calmly manages the tempo of the match, Arse cannot intimidate River's defense.
19'
River had a chance, but Nacho's shot went slightly wide.
15'
Barco's deflected shot.
14'
Yellow card for Pombo
8'
Good minutes for River, they play and look for spaces in the Arse's defense.
4'
Borja scores the first of the afternoon surprising the Arse goalkeeper, River wins it 1-0.
3'
GOOOOOOOOOOOAL FOR RIVER PLATE
0'
START TO GAME
Game Stats
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Game Stats |
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Home |
Stats |
Away |
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30 |
Games Played |
30 |
|
20 |
Wins |
7 |
|
4 |
Draws |
4 |
|
6 |
Lost |
19 |
|
57 |
Goals for |
22 |
|
26 |
Goals against |
39 |
|
14 |
Clean Sheets |
5 |
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1.90 |
Goals for game |
0.73 |
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0.87 |
Goals against for game |
1.30 |
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2 |
Scoreless games |
16 |
Starting Lineup- Arsenal
¡Todo confirmado! 💪
Estos son los XI elegidos por Federico Vilar para enfrentar a @RiverPlate por la 4ta fecha de la Copa de la Liga 2023.
¡Vamos, Arse! 🤞🇨🇩 pic.twitter.com/B8ZupbQHmo — Arsenal Fútbol Club (@ArsenalOficial) September 17, 2023
Starting Lineup- River Plate
Equipo confirmado para enfrentar a Arsenal por la cuarta fecha de la Copa de la Liga. ⚽️#VamosRiver ⚪️❤️⚪️ pic.twitter.com/PbsyN1dqLH — River Plate (@RiverPlate) September 17, 2023
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Head to head: River Plate vs Arsenal
The two teams met 31 times in the professional era. River won 14 times, to Arsenal's 6 wins and 11 draws.
The last time the two teams met was precisely this year at the Monumental in the Professional League, when the Arse won 2-1.
Refereeing team
The refereeing team for River Plate vs Arsenal will be as follows:
Referee: Fernando Espinoza
Assistant Referee 1: Lucas Germanotta
Assistant Referee 2: Hugo Paez
Fourth official: Mariano Negrete
VAR: Ariel Penel
AVAR: Diego Bonfa
Probable Lineups
River Plate: Franco Armani; Santiago Simon, Paulo Diaz, Ramiro Funes Mori, Enzo Diaz; Enzo Perez, Nicolas de la Cruz; Manuel Lanzini, Nacho Fernandez; Esequiel Barco and Miguel Angel Borja.
Arsenal: Alejandro Medina; Lucas Brochero, Nestor Breitenbruch, Joaquin Pombo, Facundo Cardozo, Adrian Sporle; Lautaro Guzman, Gonzalo Muscia, Braian Rivero; Juan Cavallaro and Leandro Moreira.
Arsenal seriously compromised in relegation
The Sarandi team is seriously compromised in both classifications that define the teams that are relegated to the B Nacional, the Arse in the remaining matches of the League Cup must perform an extraordinary campaign, or else, they will return to play in the second division.
Demichelis' River to get out of its negative streak
Martín Demichelis' River Plate team is facing its first difficult moment, which has caused many fans to stop believing in the project, and some have even proposed the return of Marcelo Gallardo.
Demichelis as champion of the League had an exceptional campaign, but his irregular performances in Copa Libertadores and Copa Argentina, have left sensations not very much to the liking of the River world.
The Professional League Cup plays its fourth matchday
The Professional League Cup continues with all its emotions, this time we will see Club Atlético River Plate, one of the leaders of the championship, hosting Club Atlético Arsenal. Everything that happens in this match we will tell you about it here on VAVEL.
The match will be played at the Monumental Stadium
The River Plate vs Arsenal match will be played at the Monumental Stadium, located in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. This stadium, inaugurated in 1938, has a capacity for 83,214 spectators.
Welcome
Welcome to the blog commentary of the match River Plate vs Arsenal, corresponding to the 4th round of the Argentine Professional League Cup. The match will take place at Monumental of Nunez Stadium, at 6:30 pm.