Highlights and Best Moments: Defensa y Justicia 1-2 River Plate in Copa de la Liga 2022

Defensa y Justicia 1-2 River Plate.

Frías with a shot on the edge of the area that goes wide.

Five more minutes are added.

Suárez's header inside the area is saved by the goalkeeper.

The River striker fell inside the area, but the referee did not sanction anything.

Suárez and Paradela enter

Simón and De la Cruz leave.

River changes.

Fernandez with a mid-range shot that the goalkeeper saves.

Fontana enters and Rotondi leaves, change for Defensa y Justicia.

Galván and David enter

Pizzni and Loaiza leave

Changes for Defensa y Justicia.

Goal Defensa y Justicia

The VAR reviews the play and signals that there is no offside after Bou's shot between him and the defender. 1-2.

Bou's goal disallowed for a previous offside.

Palevecino and Zucolini are in.

Perez and Quintero come out

River changes

 

Hachen enters and Merentiel leaves, change for Defensa y Justicia.

River Plate Goal

Santiago Simón with a shot from outside the box that angled inside the post to make it 2-0.

Raúl Loaiza's powerful cross-shot hit the post.

Santiago Simón's shot went straight at the goalkeeper.

Carlos Rotondi's poor control inside the area due to tight defensive marking.

Fernandez with a cross to the near post that is controlled by the Defensa y Justicia goalkeeper.

The second half begins between Defensa y Justicia and River Plate.

Defensa y Justicia 0-1 River Plate.

Two more minutes are added.

River Plate Goal

Fernández receives the pass charged to the left flank to put the shot into the goalkeeper's post and open the score 1-0.

Julián Álvarez's cross is blocked by the defense inside their own six-yard box.

Bou filtered the ball, but the defense managed to guess and clear the danger.

Fernandez's shot from half distance hits the crossbar.

Miguel Merentiel falls inside the area, but the referee does not call a foul outside the area or a penalty kick.

Once again Miguel Merentiel escapes, but in the area he does not shoot and prefers to pass to Bou and the ball is a little long.

Miguel Merentiel gets the ball under control and takes a shot that goes high.

De la Cruz's cross with a deflection ended in an own goal and then, in the clearance, the ball hit the defender and the ball reached the goalkeeper.

De la Cruz's shot from half distance goes over the goal.

The match between Defensa y Justicia and River Plate begins.

We are minutes away from the start of the game between River Plate and Defensa y Justicia for the Professional League Cup.

33 Ezequiel Centurión

14 Leandro González Pírez

15 Marcelo Herrera

4 Jonathan Maidana

23 Emanuel Mammana

22 Javier Pinola

29 Elías Gómez

8 Agustín Palavecino

26 José Paradela

32 Tomás Pochettino

5 Bruno Zuculini

7 Matías Suárez

1 Marcos Hernán Peano

25 Tomás Cardona

8 Matías Rodríguez

27 Hugo Silva

17 Gabriel Alanis

20 Braian Cuello

24 Hugo Fernández

33 Tomás Galván

19 Gabriel Hachen

34 Manuel Duarte

7 Lucas Albertengo

32 Agustín Fontana

1 Franco Armani, 2 Robert Rojas, 17 Paulo Díaz, 6 David Martínez, 20 Milton Casco, 13 Enzo Fernández, 24 Enzo Pérez, 11 Nicolás De la Cruz, 31 Santiago Simón, 9 Julián Álvarez, 10 Juan Quintero.

22 Ezequiel Unsaín, 14 Nicolás Tripichio, 2 Adonis Frías, 28 Juan Gabriel Rodríguez, 13 Alexis Soto, 15 Raúl Loaiza, 5 Kevin Gutiérrez, 29 Francisco Pizzini, 10 Walter Bou, 11 Carlos Rotondi, 9 Miguel Merentiel.

Earlier Racing defeated Sarmiento 4-1; Velez is beating Lanus 3-1; Godoy Cruz and Estudiantes tied 3-3 and the line-up will be closed this Saturday by Defensa vs River.

Perez's jersey is ready and River Plate's dressing room is ready before this game.

2️⃣4️⃣✔️ pic.twitter.com/N0z7LnQv2g

— River Plate (@RiverPlate) April 2, 2022

With a very good atmosphere to return to victory was how River Plate left their hotel of concentration.

La banda rumbo al estadio ➡️💪 pic.twitter.com/ExazFdYqWu

— River Plate (@RiverPlate) April 2, 2022

On the other hand, and with one more point, Defensa y Justicia is sub-leader of the group with 14 points and with a victory they could close the gap to the leader Racing.

River Plate is in fifth place with 13 points after some results already this matchday, although they lost 1-0 at home to hated rivals Boca Juniors before the FIFA Day.

After the FIFA Day, the Argentine League Cup activity returns when Defensa y Justicia hosts River Plate. We begin with VAVEL's coverage of the game.

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This is the start time of the game Defensa y Justicia vs River Plate of April 2nd in several countries:

Argentina: 7:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Bolivia: 6:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Brazil: 7:00 PM

Chile: 7:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Colombia: 5:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Ecuador: 5:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

United States (ET): 6:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Spain: 12:00 AM

Mexico: 4:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Paraguay: 7:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Peru: 6:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Uruguay: 7:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

The series is very even in the last five matches with the balance of two wins per side and a draw, highlighting that Los Millonarios have not pulled out the win since the 2018 season.

River Plate 2-3 Defensa y Justicia, 2021

River Plate 1-1 Defensa y Justicia, 2020

River Plate 0-1 Defensa y Justicia, 2019

Defensa y Justicia 1-3 River Plate, 2018

River Plate 3-0 Defensa y Justicia, 2017 (Copa Argentina)

Same case is in which is Julián Álvarez, who has scored four times, but in six games, having a better goal frequency in the campaign, although in the last game he was left with wet powder.

Miguel Merentiel has started with scoring inertia in the first games, scoring four goals in the first seven matches, so he should be supplied with balls to increase his goal tally.

1 Franco Armani, 14 Leandro González Pirez, 17 Paulo Díaz, 20 Milton Casco, 2 Robert Rojas, 24 Enzo Pérez, 13 Enzo Jeremias Fernandez, 11 Nicolás De La Cruz, 31 Santiago Simon, 9 Julián Álvarez, 21 Ezequiel Barco.

22 Ezequiel Unsain, 6 Nazareno Colombo, 2 Adonis Frias, 13 Alexis Soto, 14 Nicolas Tripichio, 10 Walter Bou, 5 Facundo Gutierrez, 33 Tomas Galvan, 9 Miguel Merentiel, 11 Rodolfo Rotondi, 29 Francisco Pizzini.

With 13 points, River Plate is in fourth place and needs a win to climb up the standings ahead of the final stretch of this short group stage tournament; it should be noted that Los Millonarios' last game was on March 20, when they lost 1-0 at home to Boca Juniors, a situation they will have to turn the page on.

Defensa y Justicia has been one of the sensations of the championship by placing second in the sector, only behind Racing by one point, highlighting that in their last game they could not make their home advantage count by drawing 1-1 against Arsenal.

The Defensa y Justicia vs River Plate match will be played at the Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello Stadium, in Costa, Argentina. The kick-off is scheduled at 6:00 pm ET.

My name is Adrian Hernandez and I will be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.