In the context of South American players frantically landing in Europe, is River Plate really broken?

In fact, although River Plate let go of their main goalkeeper Carrizo this summer, veterans such as Quiroga and Tusio can make up for the lack of personnel with experience, and the midfielder who lost Beluschi, who moved to Olympiacos at the beginning of this year, still has good players such as Poncio.

As for the striker, Rosales and Falcao continue to stay, and the team has loaned back Uruguayan center Abreu this season, even if it can't compete with Boca, which has Riquelme, San Tiago and Palacio, the strength is definitely in the upper middle of the league. What's more, with the built-in buff bonus against the sworn enemy in the same city, how can the comparison of strength be a simple paper lineup comparison?

Under the rounds of shouting from the fans at the scene, the River Plate team's offensive is also becoming more and more ferocious, and there is a momentum to press Boca under him and rub it hard.

In this case, the midfield has become the first front of the confrontation between the two sides, and even Riquelme, the "walker" who is criticized in the usual defense, has changed his style and joined the ranks of scrambling, not to mention Santhiago and others.

However, when you take a closer look at Saint-Tiago's performance at the moment, you can see that he is not actually working that hard, at least not like he did when defending Veron, but he is deliberately conserving his strength.

This is because compared to Estudiantes de La Plata, River Plate is stronger and has a more prominent squad and does not rely entirely on one player. So for Santtiago, all he has to do is find opportunities to launch a counterattack, not to waste his physical strength, and when it comes to defensive ability, there are many people in the team who surpass him, which is not his forte.

This was tactfully reminded by coach Ischea after the last game, and he can understand the competitiveness of Santy when he played Veron, but if he is too obsessed, it is obviously not what a qualified midfield core should do. In this regard, Saintie readily accepted the opinion, but what worried him was that in the face of the crazy attack of the River Plate team, he had no way for a while, and he did not get any good opportunities, every time the ball was finally sent to his feet, followed by the desperate tackle of the River Plate players! Look at that look is completely like not breaking your legs, you won't stop!

Any player will inevitably be afraid in the face of such treatment, and Sainti naturally does not dare to force it when there is no good opportunity, so he can only send the ball out first, and Riquelme can barely protect the ball at his feet, but he has no strength to move forward. It was only at this time that Santi unconsciously discovered that his counterattack had been defused by River Plate in this way in the first place, and River Plate, on the other hand, made full use of the opportunity to open up the situation.

"Falcao! Nice getaway! It's his own show! ”

In the slightly frantic voice of the on-site commentator and the trembling cheers of the River Plate fans, the Colombian Falcao took the ball and used a beautiful bicycle emergency stop to get rid of Paletta, who was clinging to him, and at this moment Falcao was only in front of the Boca goalkeeper, Migoliore!

"Falcao! What choice will he make??? Turn around and hit the top corner of the goal!! The ball went in!! ”

A few seconds later, with a loud roar, the commentators in the commentary seats exclaimed in disbelief.

No one expected Boca's sturdy defence to be scored in the 18th minute of the first half by Colombia's Falcao in a row, and such a powerful blow was visually overwhelming!! For nearly 20 minutes, the Boca players seemed to have fallen into the bottom of the Monumental Stadium, and the situation on the pitch changed radically.

"Falcao !!!!!!" Amid the cheers of nearly 60,000 people, the Colombians stood like gods in the corner flag area to be worshiped by their people.

Seeing this scene, Santo Thiago was secretly frightened, when he left Argentina, Falcao was still a little-known foreign player in the River Plate Academy, but at this moment, Falcao showed physical advantages in the attack, shooting skills and judgment, and sense of smell are definitely the top level of the A.L. League! It seems that Simeone's move from the forward position to the front of the midfielder not only did not weaken his attacking ability, but completely activated the talent of the Colombian!

In the goal just now, Falcao suddenly started in the second line, first eating the same strong Mexican defender Gracian raw, and then shaking Paleta beautifully to blast the goal, this one-breath attack is the best embodiment of Falcao's personal ability! Retreating to the forward position actually gave him more space!

Seeing the River Plate people celebrating excitedly on the sidelines, the Boca generals were aggrieved but helpless, unable to say anything.

They could barely carry the ball past half the pitch under the fierce scramble of their mortal enemies!!!! How can this not make them feel aggrieved in their hearts? What's more, the boos of River Plate fans are even more irritating in this situation!

"Look what you're all doing!! Attack, we need to attack!! Are you a bunch of soft eggs in front of River Plate? Or have you received enough money! Kindness??? ”

Many Boca fans were quite dissatisfied with the performance of the home team in this derby, they taunted and cursed wildly in the stands, no Boca fan could accept a loss, let alone a completely suppressed defeat! The scathing invectives of his supporters and the gloating of the opposing fans made the coach Ischea, who stood on the sidelines, turn grim and shouted to his disciples to fight back as soon as the game resumed, trying to save the situation in the shortest possible time.

But how can it be so easy, River Plate people are not vegetarians, Simeone saw the opening onslaught achieve the most perfect result, naturally will not let go of this opportunity, taking advantage of the morale of the whole team, once again commanding the players to press the attack. If ferocious high pressing can limit the current midfield duo that Boca relies on for a living, why not continue?

So immediately after the restart, the two sides entered into a mutual onslaught, and in the next ten minutes, the players' movements became louder and louder, and the referee's whistle sounded more and more frequently, but unfortunately Boca Juniors' offensive never improved, but instead received two unnecessary yellow cards, and River Plate completely had the upper hand.

Riquelme and San Tiago, the duo now recognized by Boca fans, seem to have been lost in the Estadio del Monumental.