Cristal drew 1-1 with River on Thursday, May 24th in the Copa Libertadores 2023 group stage match at the Nacional stadium. In the first half, the 'Millonarios' were superior, had several chances to score, including a shot against the post by Barco, however, they couldn't score and went into halftime level.
In the second half, Sporting Cristal surprised by opening the scoring. Yoshimar Yotún took advantage of a mistake from Franco Armani and scored a great goal in the 63rd minute.
When everything seemed to be going in favor of the 'Rimenses' to take 3 points, River came out with all their weapons to search for the equalizer and found a penalty in their favor and an expulsion for Rafael Lútiger in the 73rd minute. Borja took the penalty and Solís, who became the hero of the match, made the save.
In the 84th minute, River found the equalizer with Rodrigo Aliendro and both teams shared the points at the Nacional stadium.