River Plate secured a difficult and complicated 2-1 win against Argentinos Juniors this Sunday, in a match valid for the third day of the Argentine football league tournament, which marked the reopening of the Monumental stadium after the expansion works bringing its capacity to 83,196 viewers .
With penalty goals from both Colombian Miguel Borja and Esequiel Barco, the ‘Millionaire’ managed to turn around an unfavorable result after Kevin Mac Allister’s goal for ‘Bicho de La Paternal’.
The match allowed River to take his second win in three appearances and recover from the previous day’s setback against Belgrano in Córdoba.
Controversy marked this game at the Antonio Vespucio Liberti Stadium because referee Fernando Rapallini, at the request of the VAR, disallowed two Argentinos Juniors goals: one in the early stages when the score was blank and one in the last play of the match.
In the run-up to the game, a tribute was paid to the nine world champions that the “Millionaire” presented to the winning Argentine teams in 1978, 1986 and most recently in 2022.
The controversy over the recognition of goalkeeper Franco Armani along with Pablo Aimar and Roberto Ayala, members of the coaching staff of the Qatar champion, was the return of Daniel Passarella to the Monumental.
The two-time world champion in 1978 and 1986, who was the president of the “Millionaire” during the only fall in its history in 2011 and who has an ongoing investigation for fraudulent administration, was met with indifference from the “millionaire” public.
All week much controversy arose over the possible reception of the ‘Kaiser’, but the more than 80,000 people sang only ‘Give him a champion, give him a champion’ and ‘I’m from River, I’m from River’ throughout the event which also includes a video with the word of the world champions who originated in the club but perform in Europe.
The final stage of the celebration was the handing over of the plaques for Armani, Aimar and Ayala, which included Passarella, who later went to a box to watch River win against Argentinos.
Source: El heraldo
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