Goals and Highlights of River Plate 2-1 Platense in Liga Argentina

gol de River, lo hizo Miguel Borja pic.twitter.com/BTg2qIQqDr — Argentina Gol (@BocaJrsGolArg) May 21, 2023

el empate de Platense, lo hizo Ronaldo Martínez pic.twitter.com/IDXXJYAx9F

— Argentina Gol (@BocaJrsGolArg) May 21, 2023

el segundo de River, lo hizo Nacho Fernández pic.twitter.com/inehJpwytM

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River won it, Los Millonarios leave with the 3 points, after this great win against Platense 2-1. Miguel Borja and Nacho Fernández scored

River had a chance to make it 3-1 but Platense paid good attention and saved the ball.

Matias Suarez headed the ball, but if it went in, it was offside for going forward, and 4 minutes were added.

Platense tries to close the game better, with better possession, but the millionaires keep pressing looking for the 3, with Barco shooting the ball outside.

There are 10 minutes left in the game, Platense in River's zone, the Millonarios come out of the area perfectly.

Platense attacked but without options, so that the Calamar could get the 2-2, with few arrivals, only with set pieces.

Nacho defends Platense's attack, which led to the corner kick that the Calamar wasted.

el segundo de River, lo hizo Nacho Fernández pic.twitter.com/inehJpwytM — Argentina Gol (@BocaJrsGolArg) May 22, 2023

Gooool for River, again Solari sends a cross and Nacho Fernández just pushes it in. The ten-goaler makes it 2-1.

Castro's shot that Armani only sees pass by.

Borja almost had a shot, but the Millonarios nine was unable to reach it.

River and Platense tied 1-1. With an early goal by Borja and minutes later Ronaldo tied the game.

Pause in play for medical assistance for a Platense player, River maintains possession.

River dominates the game. Great ball possession.

River dominates, Platense only defends and gets the ball out. Los Millonarios recover the ball quickly.

River tries, but the closest shot was from Nacho Fernandez that goes over.

el empate de Platense, lo hizo Ronaldo Martínez pic.twitter.com/IDXXJYAx9F — Argentina Gol (@BocaJrsGolArg) May 21, 2023

Goool for Platense, Ronaldo Martínez scored the equalizer and the visitors reacted.

Borja's cross shot goes just wide of Macagno's goal.

River almost scored an own goal when Macagno's cross hit his hand and was almost scored on goal.

gol de River, lo hizo Miguel Borja pic.twitter.com/BTg2qIQqDr — Argentina Gol (@BocaJrsGolArg) May 21, 2023

Gooool for River, the first goal of the night, scored by Borja. Pushing the ball alone, with Solari's pass.

The ball is rolling at the Monumental.

Macagno, Morgantini, Jacquet, Pellegrino, Marcich, Rossi, Baladassara, Castro, Valdivia, Martínez and Qurioga.

Armani, Casco, Rojas, Díaz, Aliendro, Pérez, Palavecino, Fernández, Solari and Borja.

On May 25 against Sporting Cristal they will play for their lives to continue having life and possibilities of being in the second position. They only have 3 points above Cristal and The Strongest, tied on points. The leader is Fluminense with 9. River has one win and two losses. With 6 goals for and 10 against.

River Plate's next game will be against Sporting Cristal in the Copa Libertadores. Vélez will be their game on matchday 18.

Both teams are already doing stretching exercises, prior to the start of the game between River Plate vs Platense of the 17th round of the Argentinean league.

Both teams have already arrived at the stadium, just minutes away from warming up, before the start of this matchday 17 game. 

The fans of both teams have arrived at the Monumental Stadium, waiting for their team to warm up.

Everything is ready for the players of both teams to arrive, the locker rooms are already complete with all the players' accessories.

We are back for the minute-by-minute coverage of River Plate vs Talleres. We will shortly share with you the confirmed rosters, as well as relevant facts about the clash between these two teams.

In a few moments we will share with you the River Plate vs Talleres Juniors live starting rosters, as well as the latest information from the Monumental Stadium, such as statements from the protagonists, players to watch, interesting facts about these two teams. Don't miss any detail of the match with VAVEL's minute-by-minute online coverage.

USA Date: Sunday, May 21, 2023.

USA Time: 8:30 PM ET

USA TV channel (English): In ESPN +.

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This is the start time of the game River Plate vs Platense: of Saturday, Sunday, May 21, 2023 in several countries:

On May 25 against Sporting Cristal they will play for their lives to continue having life and possibilities of being in the second position. They only have 3 points above Cristal and The Strongest, tied on points. The leader is Fluminense with 9. River has one win and two losses. With 6 goals for and 10 against.

Nicolás Servetto with 16 games has scored 5 goals and 1 assist for Platense. He is the man in the box and the goal scorer. Being the top scorer, below Nicolás Castro with 3 and Ronaldo Martínez with 2 goals. On the side of River we have Lucas Beltrán with 22 years is element to follow by the Millonarios in 15 games has made 5 goals and 1 assist in league and in the liberators with 2 goals has in 3 games.

River plays for life in the Libertadores

Next May 25 against Sporting Cristal they are playing for their lives to continue having life and possibilities to be in the second position. They only have 3 points above Cristal and The Strongest, tied on points. The leader is Fluminense with 9. River has one win and two losses. With 6 goals for and 10 against.

Today the Platense team with 20 points in the 16th position is not playing anything important at the moment, only to continue climbing positions, to leave the position with 5 draws, 6 defeats and 5 victories, they have scored 18 goals and 21 against. They are coming from a great moment after beating Racing by 3 goals to 0.

Los Millonarios arrive at this game today after a defeat against Talleres 2 goals to one today where it was a match with a very difficult and complicated game for River where the team was on the verge of rescuing a draw in the final moments. Today's defeat keeps them in the first position with 37 points, below San Lorenzo with 32 and Talleres with 30. Today, another defeat together with the draws could cause Los Millonarios to leave the first position, hoping that San Lorenzo does not score points.

My name is Mauricio Gonzalez and I’ll be your host for this game. Follow pregame information on VAVEL.