People thought that these match would be really interesting but at the end it wasn’t. Local team was better than River. Ramón Díaz’s team had some chances to score but it couldn’t. River’s most important player on the field was the goalkeeper Marcelo Barovero who headed off severals balls and had a really good performance.

River was the team which had most admonished with five yellow cards. Lanus had only two admonished. Reaching the end of the meeting, Eder Álvarez Balanta was expelled by the referee, Silvio Trucco.

River’s fans must wait to know if River continues in Copa Sudamericana. On November 06th, both teams will meet again at Monumental stadium.

River Plate 0: Marcelo Barovero; Gabriel Mercado, Germán Pezzella, Eder Álvarez Balanta, Leonel Vangioni; Carlos Carbonero, Leonardo Ponzio, Matías Kranevitter; Manuel Lanzini (67′ Osmar Ferreyra); Federico Andrada (70′ Rodrigo Mora) , Teófilo Gutiérrez (91′ Jonatan Maidana). Coach: Ramón Díaz.

Lanús 0: Agustín Marchesín; Carlos Araujo (79′ Lautaro Acosta), Paolo Goltz, Carlos Izquierdoz, Maximiliano Velázquez; Jorge Ortiz, Diego González, Leandro Somoza, Víctor Ayala; Jorge Pereyra Díaz (60′ Lucas Melano), Santiago Silva. Coach: Guillermo Barros Schelotto.

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During all the match, River was better than Rafaela. The visiting team could arrive to the opposite area more times than the local team. But there were two moves more important than others.

Firstly, Mora could define a goal but the match’s referee, Andrés Merlos, invalid it. Secondly, after a conner, Balanta could define again but Merlos invalid it because, according him, River’s player was in off side like Mora in the previous move.

On October 29th, River will meet with Lanus for Copa Sudamericana at Lanus stadium. On November 03rd, Ramon Diaz’s team will meet with Estudiantes de La Plata for the 14th round of the Initial Tournament at Monumental stadium.

River 0: Marcelo Barovero; Gabriel Mercado, German Pezzella, Eder Alvarez Balanta, Leonel Vangioni(77′ Manuel Lanzini); Carlos Carbonero, Leonardo Ponzio, Ariel Rojas(66′ Osmar Ferreyra); Jonathan Fabbro; Rodrigo Mora(74′ Federico Andrada), Teofilo Gutierrez. DT: Ramón Angel Díaz.

Atlético de Rafaela 0: Esteban Conde; Andrés Rodales(77′ Rodrigo Depetris), Alexis Niz, Ariel Garcé, Rodrigo Erramuspe, Juan Eluchans; Diego Ferreira(66′ César Mansanelli), Andrian Bastía, Cristian Canuhé; Diego Vera Méndez and Lucas Albertengo(66′ Federico González). DT: Jorge Burruchaga.

+Video: The highlights of the match between Rafaela and River.

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