Scorers: Borja 77 ‘
River Plate’s undefeated race in the first weeks of the Apertura season continued this evening after a 1-0 deserved but narrow victory against Lanús at Monumental Mâs Estadio.
Firmly rooted in the first eight places in zone B in the Epertura, River seeks to put pressure on the group leaders Rosario Central when they welcomed a team from Lanús who had taken seven points of nine points during their three Last matches.
But it was all Los Millonarios in 90 minutes when the men of Marcelo Gallardo had good value for money for more than a simple goal, but who has always tested their luck against the granate of Mauricio Pellegrino, who had the Dangerous air on the counter all evening.
It took the river to the 77th minute to finally break the dead end thanks to the Veteran Colombian striker Miguel Borja, who exceeded the goalkeeper of Lanus Nahuel Losada from a tight angle.
A chance of gold fell to the local team to put the result beyond doubt in the 84th minute when Borja had the opportunity to finish his splint after Var granted a penalty to River, but he would turn off his efforts on the bar at 12 meters.
Lanus felt blood in the water in the aftermath of the discharge, and would eventually go beyond the number of river shots on the target while having an equal number of chances at night after a late increase in the stop time.
In the end, River would keep the three points while pulling them at 12 points with the second row independing and only two points from Rosario.
Lanus, who had kept three clean sheets during their recent undefeated race, remains eighth but only temporarily while waiting for the result of Atlético Tucumán later this evening.
📸 Alejandro Pagni – AFP or license conceders
