With goals by Alario and Mora, River won in Mendoza Marcelo Gallardo’s team performed high once again, beat Godoy Cruz by 2-1 and added its third consecutive victory in the tournament.

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River took its good moment to Mendoza, product of a series of triumphs. In this hard commitment, el Millonario needed to add in threes once again so as to continue fighting for the highest position.

After a start in which both teams had opportunities to open the scoreboard, succeeding Ignacio Fernández’s clear chance (cross-shot, near a goalpost) and a one-to-one that Augusto Batalla blocked to Javier Correa, it was el Millonario the one to make its superiority evident with a great goal.

Lucas Alario, who had minutes before struck a shot in Rodrigo Rey’s right goalpost, gave a first-class definition after a great assistance by Gonzalo Martínez. From there onwards, everything belonged to Marcelo Gallardo’s team, which could have even scored 2-0 hadn’t been for the local goalkeeper’s answer to Sebastián Driussi’s shot within the area.

However, Godoy Cruz got to the tie due to a shot kicked by Correa that Batalla could not control. In spite of the blow, River deserved to get to half time in the lead. El Pity made a good individual move through the right, but Driussi could not push it in the small area, and Milton Casco lacked precision to finish another good group move.

In the second half, River continued to dominate, but it was hard for it to find opportunities. It counted with situations generated by Pity from the outside and two headers from Jorge Moreira and Iván Alonso, while Correa had the second for the local, but his shot left diverted. In the final part, after a corner kick from the right, Rodrigo Mora struck a precise header for the 2-1 and a huge relief after a year without scoring officially.

With a consolidated triumph in the scoreboard, el Millonario could score one more. Now, the next commitment will take place the following weekend, against Quilmes, in the Monumental Stadium.

SYNTHESIS

GODOY CRUZ: Rodrigo Rey (Captain); Luciano Abecasis, Diego Viera, Danilo Ortiz, Fabrizio Angileri; Sebastián Olivares, Gastón Giménez, Nicolás Sánchez,  Juan Garro; Ángel González and Javier Correa. Coach: Lucas Bernardi.

Substitutes: Sebastián Moyano, Nahir Bonacorso, Marcelo Benítez, Facundo Silva, Roberto Correa, Horacio Carabajal and Maximiliano Sigales.

Substitutions: Benítez for Sánchez, Silva for Garro, Sigales for Correa.

RIVER PLATE: Augusto Batalla; Jorge Moreira, Jonatan Maidana, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Milton Casco; Ignacio Fernández, Leonardo Ponzio (Captain), Ariel Rojas, Gonzalo Martínez; Lucas Alario and Sebastián Driussi. Coach: Marcelo Gallardo.

Substitutes: Maximiliano Velazco, Gonzalo Montiel, Nicolás Domingo, Exequiel Palacios, Carlos Auzqui, Rodrigo Mora and Iván Alonso.

Substitutions: Mora for Driussi, Alonso for Alario, Palacios for Ponzio.

Goals: Correa (GC); Alario, Mora (RP).

Booked: Angileri, Abecasis, Correa (GC); Martínez Quarta (RP).

Referee: Patricio Loustau.

Assistant referees: Sergio Viola and Marcelo Aumente.

Fourth Official: Luis Álvarez.

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