On the night of this Wednesday, March 13, at the Mario Kempes stadium, in the city of Córdoba, River Plate became champion of the Argentine Super Cup by defeating Estudiantes de La Plata with a final score of 2 goals to 1.
The single match that defined the best team of 2023 took place between the winner of the Professional League and the winner of the Argentine Cup. In this way, the “Millonario” team obtained its 72nd official title, the first in 2024 and the second achieved since Martín Demichelis took over the reins as technical director.
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Development of the meeting
The grand final started with everything and from its first seconds it delivered excitement, after the player Javier Correa put Estudiantes ahead thanks to an accurate header that beat the goal defended by the world champion in Qatar 2022, Franco Armani.
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Everything remained that way as the minutes passed and when it seemed that the “pincharratas” would keep the trophy, bad luck played against them after the shot was generated outside the area by the U23 striker, Pablo Solari, which hit in the body of defender Zaid Romero, so that the ball entered his own goal and tied the actions for the goal against.
It seemed that the definition would be in the extension or penalty shootout, however, in the second minute of added time a powerful shot directly into the corner of midfielder Rodrigo Aliendro, defined the actions so that in this way, in addition to being the general champion of the Last year, River Plate also became the first club to win the Argentine Super Cup three times (they won them in 2017 and 2019).
Victory tarnished
On a day of consecration, the bad relationship that exists between the River Plate fans and their coach, Martín Demichelis, was also exposed. This was demonstrated when for the second consecutive time, “Micho” was whistled at the moment the interlocutor announced it when he mentioned the starting eleven in the pre-match.
With spirits heated by the defeat of the moment, in the stadium chants were heard from the stands in which the coach was reproached for making changes and bringing in young players and great promises of the club, among which the last one stands out. acquisition of Manchester City, Claudio “devil” Echeverry.
The agonizing goal also left another fabric to be cut since at the moment of euphoria, Demichelis energetically shouted the goal to the stands repeatedly until he was contained by his team of technical assistants. When asked at a press conference why he was celebrating, he, visibly upset, responded: “You can make whatever interpretations you want, goals are loves and they shout at each other. I am a River fan and in a final how can I not shout a goal.”
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