River defeated Nacional de Montevideo 2-0 in the Copa Libertadores. Goals from Claudio Echeverri and Franco Armani secured the win.
River are now top of their group with an ideal score (6) and will reach the League Cup final full of confidence. Nacho, Villagra and Echeerri were very good in the first 20 minutes of the match. The Chaco player is growing game by game and it is a shame that he is leaving so soon: he will not finish exploding in the country. The Uruguayan team came into the Monumental with a 4-2-1-3. The complicated powers of the Nigerian Christian Ebere and the winger Carneiro Carniero had two very clear ones when he was alone at the penalty spot; In the other, Armano won a head-to-head-head with the goalkeeper. The match was played at the Estadio Mineirao in Buenos Aires.