After the drought of the three dates without converting, River entered the scene with a resounding rout against Unión de Santa Fe, 5-1, enhanced by the phenomenal performance of Julián Alvarez, by far the best figure on the field.
Without exercising dominance in the game, without the elaborate game of other times, but with a remarkable ability to resolve in the rival area, Gallardo’s team won a victory that allows them to recover the self-esteem of the team and that opens the illusions of their fans for everything to come.
Julián Alvarez, who cannot be given less than 10 in the individual performance, deserved to take the ball for the two goals and the two assists, especially the one for Enzo Fernández’s goal, and because, throwing himself a few meters back, vital for his teammates and unstoppable for Union defenders.
Let’s review the goals. 1) Alvarez receives in three quarters of the court and puts it like a dagger for the entry of Brian Romero who endures the onslaught of his mark and touches softly on Mele’s exit. 2) Alvarez again, on a counter. He is surrounded, but he sees him bite Enzo Fernández and he impales the ball. Fernández is left alone with the goalkeeper, taking advantage of the fact that Gerometa had been hooked, he brakes with his left foot and raises it with his right foot over the goalkeeper’s head. great goal The ball between mansita.
3) Lucky rebound on a Union defender, after a rejection in the background and the ball was left to Alvarez, entering through the middle. He takes his time, waits, thinks and hits lightly on the side of Mele’s left foot. 4) This time assistance from Barco and a goal from Palavecino, facilitated by a brush that dislodged Mele. 5) Strawberry dessert, in discount time. A pass from Juanfer Quinteros who returned after two months, with three fingers and a touch from Alvarez, poking the ball into the poor Unión goalkeeper. Another gem.
Between the third and fourth the locals had discounted with a header from Peralta Bauer, but the matter had already been settled before, from River’s second goal, which Unión could not assimilate.
The first half had been difficult, with alternating dominance and Union had a couple of plays in which he could score, but he did not know how to solve it and River did squeeze his light arrival and after 292 minutes he opened the goal tap. In the second he flooded the field of Santa Fe.
Until the beginning of the fourth date River had not scored goals, it was the team that had scored the least in the championship. Now he is among those who converted the most goals and those who suffered the fewest goals. This week it will not occur to anyone to ask what is happening to River de Gallardo? .