Miguel Borja
had gone four games without scoring. Almost a month since last March 9 against Independiente. Too much for a scorer from a big team. But before the speculation about the drought begins, the Colombian appeared in all his scoring dimension and with two accurate touches he turned the match against
Rosario Central
and now, in addition, he is the scorer of the League Cup, with 12 goals, one more than Adrián Martínez from Racing.
River did not play well in the first half and
Colibrí's participation was scarce
.
If they don't feed him, it costs him
. But in the final part, little by little he cornered the “muletto” from Rosario, who was giving the big blow at the Monumental with that goal from Giaccone. Until the tie came. Borja recounted, after the game, the patience to reach the goal: "It's the coach's confidence, he told me 'don't leave the area, stay, extend it, because spaces are going to occur.' They are the coach's decisions that I have to respect and it happened as he said.”
At 22 minutes, with Nacho Fernández and Ezequiel Barco on the field, there was a great pass from Pablo Solari to the heart of the area, with Juan Cruz Komar was hooked, which allowed Borja to improve his position and define against goalkeeper Werner . Then, three minutes from time, Casco sent a wide open cross, Nacho Fernández appeared on the right, and the center back went right into the position of the Colombian, who did not forgive.
With faith intact, as in every statement, Borja explained: “Glory to God that we were able to win and we were able to contribute to the team. We knew it depended on us and we continued like that. This team is used to turning the result around and that is important.”
With these two goals, Borja has accumulated 36 goals in 76 games and maintains his average of one goal every two games. Regarding the rival, El Colibrí highlighted: “Many times they focus on River and not on the rivals. We played against the current champion, they found themselves within a goal and had a good first half. In the second we came out with more forwards and we turned it around.”
Borja's goals
MIGUEL ANGEL BORJA HERNÁNDEZ FOR THE WHOLE WORLD pic.twitter.com/fnAjYhOhel
— The Millionaire Page (@RiverLPM) April 8, 2024
BORJA to shout the tie. Let's go now Millionaire! 💪⚪️🔴⚪️pic.twitter.com/26lXMpKpKj
— River Plate (@RiverPlate) April 8, 2024