That Franco Armani has been the stellar figure of the 1-1 draw between Sarmiento and River speaks of the remarkable news of the 38-year-old goalkeeper and the very philosophy of the team commanded by Marcelo Gallardo, who still does not find the return to a team full of figures and that suffers from date after date before sets with infinitely minor budgets. Junín’s, after all, was another worrying performance of those of Núñez. For Gallardo, it was time to make a deep self -criticism. He will no longer reach him to point out the competitiveness of Argentine football nor can he argue that the season has much to happen. River not only plays badly, but does not glimpse what he plays. There is no idea in view and feeling is that players jump to the court to impose themselves from their own weight. It is also true that individual levels are low. But what is the first? Or better: who is more guilty of the present? He went from the smile to bite Gallardo lips in the first half. Supported on the roof of the alternate bank, the doll watched with anger the final minutes of that stage. It happened that River played lousy the last stretch of the game, after making an acceptable first part in which he even came to the goal with Miguel Ángel Borja as the protagonist, who returned to the goal after 6 drought duels. Armani and Franco Mastantuono appeared from the usual headlines. Nacho Fernández, Ian Subiabre, Milton Casco and Miguel Borja, among others had minutes. And River entered with good energy, with the desire to show the substitutes. This time the scheme was 4-2-3-1 (it is possible to ask why the coach changes both), with Kevin Castaño and Rodrigo Aliendro on the axis. In a nutshell, the Colombian flyer evidenced again that it is good in handling and that it has a lot of deployment. From his feet he began to grow River, who had enough mobility in the attackers. The best of those initial minutes was Mastantuono and is no longer a surprise. The 17 -year -old left -hander is increasingly strengthened, who felt so protagonist that he even encouraged to leave the right wing to appear in all sectors. In Borja’s goal, at 29 minutes, he overflowed on the left and put the ball within reach of the right loot of the hummingbird, who threw himself with his foot to anticipate the departure of Lucas Acosta, which a while before had had a good double covered in shooting of González Pirez and Subiabre. But something happened to River in the final moments. He committed unnecessary offenses and failed simple passes. Sarmiento began to fill the Armani area with centers and in a Juan Manuel Insaurralde he beat Pezzella to decree the right -wing draw. The confusion of all in River was noticed in the complement. Gallardo hastened in the changes and then failed to read. Aliendro asked to leave at all times and played the 90 minutes. Mastantuono, Nacho and Susabiabre did not jump to play the second half. And more: Castaño got tired quickly and was just replaced by missing anything. Facundo Colidio got eager, the opposite of Matías Rojas, who plays in standing tips. Maximiliano Meza alternates good and bad: he asks everyone and makes them almost all evil. Sarmiento was order and progress. And with that he went to keep all three points. Only Armani uncovered with 4 large covered, the best after a powerful magnine shot that ended up hitting the crossbar. He passed another match for the oblivion of River. It is time to think.
