12/10/2020 10:39 PM
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 12/10/2020 10:39 PM
Rafael Santos Borré had the chance to overtake River in the quarterfinal series against Nacional from Uruguay but the outcome was far from what was expected.
The Colombian set out to execute a less controversial penalty indicated by referee
Andrés Rojas
and almost gave it to goalkeeper
Sergio Rochet.
The end of the first half was approaching between the
Millionaire team
and the
Tricolor
when the Colombian judge made a questionable decision by charging the Argentine team a penalty for an alleged offense by
Agustín Oliveros
to Matías Suárez.
Borré took the ball and kicked a penalty, at some point, similar to the one that Carlos Tevez executed against Internacional de Porto Alegre on Wednesday night.
However, unlike what happened with the Boca man, the rival goalkeeper guessed the intention and, staying in the middle, stopped the shot without major difficulties.
Rochet saved Borré's penalty # Libertadores pic.twitter.com/67DicRSgt9
- ➿ (@ArgGol) December 11, 2020
River had already missed another three penalties, the last one that ended in a goal being the one executed by Juan Fernando Quintero, on February 29, against Defense and Justice for the previous Super League.
Later, Marcelo Gallardo's team would find the goal, but not for too long: what seemed to be Matías Suárez's celebration ended in an offside well marked by VAR.
River prowls the goal but, due to his own lack of skill and due to the referee's check (although the penalty sanction favored him), he still could not get it.