Nacho Fernández's party: hug with Gallardo, great goal and red for a brutal iron

08/11/2021 11:24 PM

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Updated 08/11/2021 11:24 PM

Nacho Fernández

returned to the

Monumental

after six months and did everything.

He was the main protagonist of the night: he played a great game, scored a great goal and was also sent off by a brutal iron against Fabricio Angileri.

In the chronology of the night Fernández did not take long to become melancholic: as soon as he went out to warm up with

Atlético Mineiro

, he crossed the middle of the field and

gave himself a big hug with Enzo Pérez, Bruno Zuculini and Milton Helmet.

And then, before the game started, he merged into one with Marcelo Gallardo, the coach who made him grow the most in football.

Affectionate greeting with the DT who made him grow the most (capture tv).

The hug between Nacho Fernández and Enzo Pérez (Prensa River).

Nacho

is a key player in Mineiro's midfield.

After an irregular first half, in which the local was superior, he came out with a different attitude to play the second half.

And the Mineiro moved to the rhythm of the left-handed midfielder with a past in Núñez, born in Castelli 31 years ago.

At 12 minutes, he scored 1-0 with a left-footed goal.

A center came from the right, Hulk took it down in the area and

Nacho Fernández defined crossed

.

The ball was barely deflected in Paulo Díaz and dislodged Armani.

It was Nacho's eighth goal at Mineiro, his first at Libertadores.

Nacho Fernández did not shout it.

(Marcelo Carroll)

Nacho Fernández was one of River's figures in recent years and is on the eternal poster of the 2018 Copa Libertadores final in Madrid.

For that respect he has for the Millionaire club is that he did not shout his goal at the Monumental.

Nacho Fernández's goal against River for the Libertadores.pic.twitter.com/NoD3uVFpBj

- Ale Liparoti 🇦🇷 (@AleLiparoti) August 12, 2021

With the advantage, Nacho continued to be the driver of Atlético Mineiro.

Handle the strings of Cuca's team.

But he was reckless and left his team with ten players.

At 38 minutes he put a brutal iron on Fabricio Angileri and saw the red one.

The Venezuelan referee Jesús Valenzuela needed the VAR to verify that the play was expulsion before the claim of all River players.

Valenzuela expels Nacho Fernández.

(Marcelo Carroll)

With the red, Nacho left the Monumental with the certainty that the rematch will be lost in seven days in Belo Horizonte.

But on his return to Núñez, he did everything.

The hug with his former colleagues and with Gallardo