River Plate defeated Independiente 2-0 at home on Sunday in one of the most popular derbies in Argentine football and maintained the top spot in the Liga Profesional. The goals in the match played at the Monumental stadium in front of 83,000 fans were scored by Esequiel Barco and Colombian Miguel Borja in the 17th and 80th minutes, respectively. Independiente was reduced to ten men in the 61st minute after the expulsion of Damián Pérez, who received a red card for a foul on Ignacio Fernández.
Lineups of River vs. Independiente
- River Plate: Franco Armani; Milton Casco, Leandro González Pirez, Paolo Díaz (Emanuel Mammana, 23′), and Enzo Díaz; Rodrigo Aliendro, Esequiel Barco, Enzo Pérez (Agustín Palavecino, 87′), Ignacio Fernández (José Paradela, 87′), and Nicolás De La Cruz (Miguel Borja, 63′); Lucas Beltrán (Salomón Rondón, 68′).
- Independiente: Rodrigo Rey; Luciano Gómez (Mateo Barcía, 22′), Cristian Baez, Sergio Barreto, Joaquín Laso, and Damián Pérez; Iván Marcone, Agustín Mulet (Sergio Ortiz, 46′); Mauricio Cuero (Matías Oshtachuk, 86′); Matías Giménez (Juan Cazares, 66′), Martín Cauteruccio.
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