BUENOS AIRES, April 11 (Xinhua) — The Argentine soccer team River Plate beat the Uruguayan Nacional de Montevideo 2-0 at home today and was the sole leader of Group H of the Copa Libertadores of America.
Before 86,000 spectators who filled the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, the “millionaire”, who won the title four times (1986, 1996, 2015 and 2018), was superior to his opponent, with three titles (1971, 1980 and 1988). , and won with goals from Claudio Echeverri (15m) and Facundo Colidio (90+3m).
Those led by Martín Demichelis have 6 points at the top of the standings in their area, followed by Libertad of Paraguay and Nacional (3), with Deportivo Táchira of Venezuela (0) at the bottom.
The victory also helped River to continue adding points in the FIFA ranking and get closer to qualifying for the 2025 Club World Cup.
The third date will take place on Wednesday, April 24 with the duels Nacional vs. Táchira and Libertad vs. River.
The first two finishers in the eight-group zone of the Copa Libertadores will advance to the round of 16.
The third parties will play a playoff with the seconds from the group stage of the Copa Sudamericana to define who advances to the round of 16 of that competition.