River Plate thrashes Racing and is proclaimed champion of the Argentine tournament 2021

River Plate became champion of the 2021 Argentine soccer first division tournament by beating Racing 4-0 (partial 1-0), in a match for the twenty-second date played on Thursday night at the Monumental stadium, against some 70,000 viewers.

Agustín Palavecino (31), Julián Álvarez (47) and Braian Romero (67 and 77) scored the goals for a remarkable game for River, which dominated the match from end to end and celebrated its 37th league title at the local level, and the first in seven years since obtaining the Clausura-2014 Tournament.

At the same time, River also celebrated the 13th trophy during the cycle of coach Marcelo Gallardo, who arrived at the club more than seven years ago, in June 2014, and the second this season, in which he had won the Argentine Super Cup in March.

River also extended a formidable 17-game undefeated match in the local tournament this Thursday, with 14 wins that catapulted it to a coronation by a wide margin, and which had been leveled since Tuesday, when the Talleres guard lost to Gimnasia (5-2) , so the ‘Millionaire’ only needed one point to ensure the celebration.

As if it were dreamed

River’s victory was so comfortable that even Gallardo had the pleasure of lining up historic team members who had been relegated to the starting line, such as defender Javier Pinola, 38, and midfielder Leonardo Ponzio, who at 39 he had the pleasure of celebrating his sixteenth title with the red band club.

“This went from game to game. We convinced ourselves that if we continued humble, working as we always did with Marcelo (Gallardo), we were going to achieve it, to walk very well. Gallardo keeps the group motivated and focused, and the titles endorse it ”, highlighted Pinola, one of the leaders of the team.

“This is something dreamed of, a perfect match came out, with our audience and in a packed stadium. When I arrived at this club I knew that I was going to fight important things, titles could be achieved. It is an immense emotion, an enormous joy ”, expressed the goalkeeper Franco Armani, another of the undisputed of the ‘millionaire’ formation.

With the party set up early, thousands of fans came to the Monumental to enjoy a luxurious night, in which River sentenced the classic against the ‘Academy’ with ease, in a climate of rejoicing for a conquest that arrives with three dates of anticipation of the end of the championship.

Places to tournaments are still defined

In the south of Buenos Aires, Platense rescued a formidable 3-3 draw in his visit to Lanús, after being two goals down until 78 minutes, a result that improves the average of ‘Squid’ and complicates ‘Garnet’ in his intention to enter the next Copa Libertadores.

Guillermo Burdisso (7), José López (54) and José Sand (54) scored the goals for Lanús, while for Platense they converted Matías Tissera (32, from a penalty, and 87) and Horacio Tijanovich (79).

Rosario Central had an ideal night for its gunner and the defensive imbalances of Colón, whom he beat as a visitor 4-1, with a triplet by Marco Ruben (3, 8 and 48) and Emiliano Vecchio (68)

Earlier, Unión took the three points from its visit to bottom Arsenal, which it beat 1-0 with an agonizing goal from Emanuel Brítez (90), to climb positions and leave the Sarandí team at the bottom of the table . (D)