When Banfield was winning 1-0, the coach asked Pablo Solari to play as a nine, well placed between the Taladro centre-backs. Two minutes later, El Pibe scored the agonizing equalizer with a header.
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River rescued a draw against Banfield when the clock was dying and with a Monumental euphoric for the previous week of the Superclásico against Boca. Pablo César Solari, who returned from the U-23 Olympic Qualifiers in Venezuela a few days ago, broke the streak of Marcelo Barovero, who took advantage of almost everything they threw at him in the second half, and made it 1-1 with just a few minutes left before the end of the game. date 6 of the League Cup. However, there was a key architect of equality that saved the Millonario from a defeat that would have raised several questions: Martín Demichelis, the team’s own coach.
The small tear suffered by Miguel Ángel Borja, the team’s top scorer, last day in Tucumán forced the coach to put Facundo Colidio as the only nine of reference. But the ex-Tigre did not have a dream day: it was difficult for him to find the ball, he missed some specific dangerous occasions and he was seen ignoring a position in which he does not usually play.
Accustomed to playing with another forward, the footballer who emerged from Boca’s Inferiores, with whom he will meet again next Sunday, was not fine, so Demichelis sent Agustín Ruberto to the field. This was not the technical director’s key decision, but rather it happened when the Millionaire needed to rescue at least one point.
River vs. Banfield: Pablo Solari’s goal (1-1)
The former defender of the Argentine National Team asked Solari, who had entered a while earlier for Franco Mastantuono, to leave his place as second striker and go play as a nine with the kid from the 2006 category. A handful of minutes later, The former Colo Colo appeared in the middle of Banfield’s defense and connected with a surgical center from Esequiel Barco with his left foot. The accurate header violated the goal of Marcelo Barovero, who had played a brilliant game, and sealed the final tie.
Just as Marcelo Gallardo once dared to send Germán Pezzella as a center forward in a 2014 Superclásico, and the defender repaid him with a goal in the rain, Demichelis did the same with a footballer who rarely plays as the only attacking spearhead. Although their positions are quite different, the result was the same: River’s equality and Monumental’s delirium.
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