Vélez's goal: Janson scored a penalty making it 1-0 against River in the Libertadores.

Vélez Sarsfield initiates the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores as the home team, against the powerful River Plate, which is a title contender. Despite the complication caused by the opponent, 'Fortín' manages to take the lead on the scoreboard: a penalty was awarded and Lucas Janson did not fail in the definition.

The match was approaching the 14th minute and Marcelo Gallardo's team had possession of the ball, almost at the halfway line. To the regret of 'Millonario', there was a ball loss and Lucas Pratto was quickly enabled when he was a few meters from the area.

When surrounded, the goal scorer opted to enable Lucas Janson and this, after a deflection, made a control and got into the small rectangle. However, the attacker's trajectory was abruptly stopped after the onslaught of Héctor David Martínez, who exceeded in force.

Immediately, the referee Raphael Claus whistled a penalty, unleashing protests from the River Plate team. Despite the complaints, the referee did not change his stance, as he did not receive any comments from VAR, and the expectation increased among the local fans present at the Estadio José Amalfitani in Buenos Aires.

Lucas Janson, who was fouled, positioned himself on the designated spot, stared fixedly at goalkeeper Franco Armani, and shot towards the right post of the goalkeeper, who had thrown himself to the other side. In this way, Vélez takes advantage in the tie and dreams of reaching the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores.