River Plate clearly beat Boca Juniors and he added a very important victory in the Superclásico played at the Monumental stadium. These three points allowed the Millionaire climb to the top in solitude of the Professional League and to return to the triumph in his stadium by local tournaments after eleven years.
Julián Álvarez was the great figure of the afternoon for being the author of the two goals with which Marcelo Gallardo’s team won by 2 to 1 (discounted for Xeneize on the final Carlos Zambrano). The 21-year-old forward’s first goal was a real goal after a very strong shot from the crescent that took Agustín Rossi by surprise.
And precisely The reaction of the Boca Juniors goalkeeper was one of the most discussed topics in the broadcast and on social networks. It is that the former goalkeeper of Lanús, Estudiantes de La Plata and Chacarita It took him a while to try to hand the ball and some attributed it to the sun, which obstructed their vision.
Julián Álvarez referred to this action after the match: “It was a play that I hooked and I almost didn’t even look at the goal and I gave it to hit him. It came out strong, nice goal ”. When asked if the goalkeeper’s late reaction was due to the discomfort that the goal could have caused him, he analyzed: “I don’t know, it was a bit complicated with the sun, we are not used to playing at this time. If the ball came down fast, I don’t know if that was it ”.
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Julián Álvarez explained how his afternoon dreamed of two goals against Boca
Nevertheless, a video that he posted TNT Sports and that did not show the transmission shows how Agustín Rossi was surprised by the powerful shot, who took a strange parable and came down suddenly.
The 26-year-old goalkeeper he looked back twice to try to position himself in the most correct way but before the auction of Julián Álvarez he threatened to throw himself to the right and when he wanted to go back on the fly, the ball was already inside the arc.
It was not a good day for Agustín Rossi, since River Plate’s second goal was born after a bad clearance from the arc, which left the rival’s counterattack served.
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