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Riestra Stuns River 2-1 at the Monumental to Extend Slide to Four Losses

The upset extends River’s four-match skid ahead of Thursday’s Copa Argentina quarterfinal versus Racing.

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Overview

  • The victory came in Riestra’s first-ever appearance at River’s Estadio Monumental.
  • Antony Alonso opened the scoring from a corner, Giuliano Galoppo equalized, and Pedro Ramírez delivered the second-half winner.
  • A River goal by Borja was ruled out for offside after a VAR review.
  • Riestra forward Maximiliano Salas was shown a late straight red card for protesting the assistant referee.
  • Riestra stays atop Zone B on 22 points and reaches 46 in the annual table, while River remains on 49 and turns to an Oct. 2 quarterfinal in Rosario.