Two timely goals from José Paradela and Lucas Beltrán brought River back to victory. Without playing well but with great efficiency, they beat Lanús 2-0 in a nervous and controversial game in which the local team, which lost for the second time in a row, had two goals disallowed due to offside positions and there were incidents at the end. when the referee Darío Herrera left the field.
River reached its first goal a minute after Lanús lost his: at 23, a cross shot from De la Vega grazed Armani and went to the corner. AND a minute later, Casco and Rojas crossed the ball from side to side, the left-back put a first-class pass into the area and Paradela with a short and accurate touch opened the scoring in the South.
Up to this point, Lanús had easily reached the task of De la Vega behind the backs of Enzo Pérez and De la Cruz and the strength of Leandro Díaz and Lautaro Acosta. But the maroon team seemed to feel the impact of the disadvantage and was deflating to the same extent that River was rearming. More aggressive in recovering the ball than in the matches against Banfield and Arsenal and with Paradela’s mobility and effective passes, River delivered better sensations at the end of the first half.
Lanús put pressure on River at the start of the second half. And he could have equalized after 14 minutes with a header from Lema. But the referee Darío Herrera, after a seven-minute consultation with the VAR, decided to annul it due to a passive advanced position by Canale. And at 34, when Armani swiped another header from Belmonte at the corner. River almost did not reach the maroon arch. When he did it, he defined the match with a right hand from Beltran at 42 and secured a necessary victory but by an exaggerated margin.
