09/30/2020 - 18:30
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River Plate receives San Pablo in search of victory that classifies it to the round of 16 and consolidates it as a great candidate to win the Copa Libertadores
, given the performance exhibited by the current runner-up in America at the resumption of the tournament, after The strictest stage of confinement due to the coronavirus pandemic has been passed.
This game is the first of two that Marcelo Gallardo's team will play at home at the closing of Group D: it will
be played from 9:30 p.m. (Argentine time)
,
with the arbitration of the Chilean Cristian Garay and live television broadcasting by ESPN 2
(Cablevisión channels 103 and DirecTV 623).
As the Monumental is in the process of reconditioning the playing field,
River Plate is local in the Libertadores de América stadium of Independiente
, a stage in which it will also appear at the closing of the group, on Tuesday, October 20, against Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito ,
and from the second round onwards
.
Marcelo Gallardo, DT of River, AP Photo
El
Millonario
is the highest-scoring team in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores: they scored 16 goals in four games, and 14 of them were received by
Deportivo Binacional de Peru,
which lost 8-0 in Buenos Aires (before the pandemic) and 6-0 on Tuesday of last week, in Lima.
The two remaining goals were scored during the visit to
San Pablo
, in a match that ended tied 2-2
but with a very good performance from River
, which deserved to win the Morumbí stadium in the first match it played after six months of inactivity.
Group D leads
the Quito League with 12 points, followed by River with 7, San Pablo with 4 and Binacional closes with 3 units
.
⏪ While we wait for a new Cup night, we review the 1⃣6⃣ goals of the Millionaire so far of the current @Libertadores ⚽️
⚽ Play and revive us one by one!
Which one did you like the most?
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- River Plate (@RiverPlate) September 29, 2020
That is why if this Wednesday the prognosis shown by the candidate is confirmed (
in the bets, the victory of the local pays 1.65 against 5.25 of the victory of the Brazilians
) and beats
São Paulo
, the
Millionaire
will have classified to the round of 16 and will even be outlined to win the group, if at the end it also defeats the Quito League in Avellaneda.
Those results came as a result of the good game of Gallardo's team, which is the one that seems to have felt the least during the break of more than six months in Argentine soccer due to the coronavirus pandemic.