River Plate were crowned champions of the Argentine Super Cup by beating Racing 5-0 on Thursday, in a match played at the new Mare de Ciutados stadium in Santiago de la Estero. Colombian Rafael Santos I deleted to open the account in the first half, and then Julián Álvarez, Nicolás De la Cruz, Leonel Miranda (against) and Matías Suárez increased for the millionaire team, which was superior to the Academy throughout the match and ended up sealing a clear and convincing win. It was Marcelo Gallardo’s twelfth title as coach of Núñez’s team.
River’s dominance resulted in the millionaire goal. It was after a corner kick executed by De la Cruz, that Rafael Santos erased attack in the heart of the area. The Colombian, who had been in doubt for an illness until the last moment, found the ball in the air and pushed it away from the archer’s reach. The marker reflected what was happening inside the track.
So they went to the half, with two different styles: if River is drafting, Racing was a much more direct attack. The millionaire team had enough of a set piece to realize its advantage in the game.
In the second half, and after Racing matched the procedure of the match, River found the second goal with a magical play by Enzo Pérez. While the Academy protested an alleged infraction of Darío Cvitanich, the millionaire midfielder invented a pair of shrimp on a tile. The visitors’ Julián Álvarez took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side’s goalie and center backs 82 minutes into the match. He faced inward, cut and defined. It was 2-0.
Racing’s fatal minutes continued with the play that ended in the goal of Nicolás De la Cruz, who sentenced the match. Moments later, and with those of Avellaneda still bewildered, it was Matías Suárez who invented a slalom in the rival area and, when he was going to finish, Miranda ended up finishing off against his arc. It was River’s 4-0 win, and another voluminous score against by the Academy, which has conceded 13 million goals in the last three games.
The Racing disaster, completely unarmed and exposed, continued. Agustí Palavecino gave a pass to the race for Álvarez, who went hand in hand with Arias. Without pettiness, he sent the ball to Suárez’s lone finish, which he set unmarked to round out the millionaire team’s 5-0. The Academy had already delivered, but those led by Gallardo continued to attack as if the match had just begun. River, best team, was also more ambitious and never settled for the lead. And resoundingly, it was lifted with a new crown within a cycle as historic as it was successful.