River tied with Quilmes but reached the top of the Second Division

Argentina, March 2, 2012

Almeyda’s team tied 0 to 0 with the one led by Caruso Lombardi. After a first half replete with inaccuracies, struggle and lack of clear arrivals, the match turned better and the complement was really hard. With this result, the “Millionaires” reach the top alone, at least until Instituto plays, while Quilmes ranks third with one point less. 

River: Daniel Vega; Luciano Abecasis, Germán Pezzella, Ramiro Funes Mori, Carlos Arano; Carlos Sánchez, Ezequiel Cirigliano, Leonardo Ponzio, Lucas Ocampos; Alejandro Domínguez y Fernando Cavenaghi. Coach: Matías Almeyda.

Quilmes: Emanuel Trípodi; Jorge Serrano, Sebastián Martínez, Joel Carli, Claudio Corvalán; Germán Mandarino, Leandro Díaz, Pablo Garnier, Jacobo Mansilla; Miguel Caneo; y Fernando Telechea. Coach: Ricardo Caruso Lombardi.

Stadium: Antonio V. Liberti (“Monumental”)

Referee: Pablo Lunati

Yellow Cards: FH 6′ Pablo Garnier (Q). SH 5′ Claudio Corvalán (Q); 12′ Germán Mandarino (Q); 17′ Leonardo Ponzio (R); 28′ Alejandro Domínguez (R).

Red Cards: SH 28′ Matías Almeyda (R); 28′ Ricardo Caruso Lombardi (Q).

Changes: FH 29′ Leandro González Pirez for Carlos Arano (R). SH 16′ David Trezeguet for Ezequiel Cirigliano (R); 18′ Martín Cauteruccio for Germán Mandarino (Q); 30′ Sebastián Romero for Jacobo Mansilla (Q); 44′ Lucas Rimoldi for Fernando Telechea (Q).