Goals and Highlights: Argentinos Juniors 3-2 River Plate in Professional League 2023 | 08/20/2023

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Goals: 3 Argentinos Juniors - River Plate 2

Possession: 51% Argentinos Juniors - River Plate 49%

Total Shots: 13 Argentinos Juniors - River Plate 15

Shots on goal: 5 Argentinos Juniors - River Plate 7

Total Passes: 364 Argentinos Juniors - River Plate 363

Fouls: 10 Argentinos Juniors - River Plate 15

Argentinos Juniors won 3-2 over River Plate at home, the goals were scored by Marco Di Cesare at minute 11', Luciano Gondou at minutes 44' and 57' for Argentinos Juniors, the River Plate goals were scored by Agustín Palavecino at minute 27' and Esequiel Barco at minute 41'.

Four additional minutes will be played in the second half.

Substitution at Argentinos Juniors, Luciano Gondou leaves the field and Gastón Verón enters.

Yellow card for Argentinos Juniors' Federico Redondo after a foul on Enzo Pérez.

New substitution for River Plate, Esequiel Barco leaves the field and Facundo Colidio enters.

River Plate substitution, Rodrigo Aliendro leaves the field and Enzo Pérez enters.

GOAL for Argentinos Juniors, scored by Luciano Gondou after a right-footed shot inside the box, this after an assist from Francisco González.

River Plate substitution, Matias Kranevitter leaves the field and Pablo Solari enters.

At the moment, Argentinos Juniors and River Plate are tied 2-2.

Goals: 2 Argentinos Juniors - River Plate 2

Possession: 56,5% Argentinos Juniors - River Plate 43,5%

Total Shots: 4 Argentinos Juniors - River Plate 8

Shots on goal: 2 Argentinos Juniors - River Plate 4

Total passes: 215 Argentinos Juniors - River Plate 162

Fouls: 5 Argentinos Juniors - River Plate 7

Both teams head to their respective dressing rooms.

Five additional minutes will be played in the first half.

GOAL for River Plate, scored by Esequiel Barco after a right-footed shot from the penalty spot.

Yellow card for River Plate's Enzo Diaz after a foul in the opponent's half.

GOAL for River Plate, scored by Agustín Palavecino after a right-footed shot inside the box, after an assist from Colombian Miguel Angel Borja.     

Another corner kick in the match, this time for Argentinos Juniors after Ramiro Funes Mori's clearance.

Corner kick for River Plate after Lucas Villalba's clearance.

GOAL for Argentinos Juniors, scored by Marco Di Cesare after a header inside the area, this after an assist from Franco Moyano.

River Plate approach after Nacho Fernandez's shot is cleared by the Argentinos Juniors defense.

The ball is rolling at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.

Argentinos Juniors comes out with its main uniform; completely red.
River Plate comes out with its regular uniform: white jersey, black shorts and white socks.

Both teams and the referees take the field at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.

Both teams warm up on the field at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.

Ceturión, Herrera, Maidana, Martínez, Pérez, Simón, Lanzini, Echeverri, Colidio, Solari, Rondón.

Roster: Armani; Casco, Mammana, Funes Mori, Díaz; Kranevitter, Aliendro, Palavecino; Barco, Borja, Fernández.
Coach: Martín Demichelis.

Acosta, Heredia, Verón, Lescano, Domínguez, Cabral, Vera, Cardozo, Riquelme, González, Vega.

Roster: Arias, Minissale, Di Cesare, Villalba, Cabrera, Moyano, Redondo, Rodríguez, Montiel, Metilli, Gondou.
Coach: Gabriel Milito.

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This is the kick-off time for the Argentinos Juniors vs River Plate match on August 20, 2023 in several countries:
Argentina: 21:00 hrs. - ESPN Premiun
Bolivia: 20:00 hrs. - Star+
Brazil: 21:00 hrs. - Star+ 
Chile: 20:00 hrs. - Star+ 
Colombia: 19:00 hrs. - Star+ 
Ecuador: 19:00 hrs. - Star+
Spain: 2:00 hrs. - (August 21)
Mexico: 18:00 hrs. - Star+ 
Paraguay: 20:00 hrs. - Star+
Peru: 19:00 hrs. - Star+
Uruguay: 21:00 hrs. - Star+

Referee: Fernando Echenique
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Bonfá
Assistant Referee 2: Adrián Delbarba
Fourth official: José Carreras
VAR: Héctor Paletta
AVAR: Juan Pafundi

One of the players to take into account in River Plate is Miguel Angel Borja, the 30 year old Colombian-born center forward has played 21 games so far in the Argentine League 2023, in which he has not been able to assist but has already scored five goals, these against; Defensa Y Justicia, Banfield, Colón de Santa Fe, Boca Juniors and Racing Club.

One of the most outstanding players in Argentinos Juniors is Gabriel Avalos, the 32-year-old Paraguayan-born center forward has played 25 games in the current edition of the Argentine League, in which he already has two assists and 12 goals, these against; Platense, Instituto de Córdoba, Racing Club, Tigre and Sarmiento Junin.

In total, the two teams have met 65 times since 1985, with River Plate dominating the record with 23 wins, there have been 26 draws and Argentinos Juniors have won on 16 occasions.
In terms of goals, the record is also dominated by River Plate with 87 goals to Argentinos Juniors' 73.

River Plate played a very good role in the last edition of the Argentine League. After playing 27 games, River Plate was ranked number one in the standings with 61 points, after winning 19 games, drawing four and losing four, scoring 50 goals but conceding 20, for a goal difference of +30.

• Last five matches

River Plate 0 - 1 Talleres de Córdoba
Rosario Central 3 - 3 River Plate
River Plate 2 - 1 Racing Club
River Plate 2 - 1 Internacional
Internacional 2 - 1 River Plate

Argentinos Juniors, had a bad performance in the last edition of the Argentine League, because after 27 games played, they finished in the number ten position in the standings with 40 points, this was the result of winning 11 games, drawing seven and losing nine. In terms of goals, they scored 31 and conceded 22, for a goal difference of +9.

• Last five matches

San Lorenzo 0 - 2 Argentinos Juniors
Patronato de parana 1 - 2 Argentinos Juniors
Argentinos Juniors 2 - 3 Estudiantes de la Plata
Argentinos Juniors 1 - 1 Fluminense
Fluminense 2 - 0 Argentinos Juniors

The match between Argentinos Juniors and River Plate will take place at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in the city of Buenos Aires (Argentina). This stadium is where the Club Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors plays its home matches, it was built in 1940 and has a capacity for approximately 26,000 spectators.

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