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River Plate and Defensa y Justicia clash in a tense match full of cards
Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires Province – River Plate and Defensa y Justicia played a passionate match at the Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello for the 19th round of the second phase of the Argentine Professional League. The game was marked by intensity and midfield struggles, resulting in a high number of yellow cards and even two red cards.
The first half was played at an even pace, with River Plate dominating possession (53%) and Defensa y Justicia seeking to surprise with counter-attacks. The first yellow card came in the 3rd minute for D. Zabala from River Plate. In the 21st minute, K. Gutierrez from Defensa y Justicia received the first yellow card for his team. The second half, however, became hotter. At 46 minutes, M. Lanzini came on for River Plate and quickly saw a yellow card in the 48th minute.
The game took a radical turn in the 51st minute when N. Palavecino from Defensa y Justicia saw his second yellow card, leading to his expulsion. Despite the numerical disadvantage, Defensa y Justicia kept fighting and F. Mastantuono from River Plate received a yellow card in the 55th minute.
In the final minutes, F. Gattoni from River Plate was the protagonist by receiving two yellow cards in the space of one minute, the first in the 77th and the second in the 90th, which led to his expulsion.
In terms of statistics, River Plate achieved a higher percentage of possession (53%) and Defensa y Justicia made more shots (21) but with lower effectiveness in the opponent’s goal.
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Substitutions river plate: at minute 46 M. Lanzini came in and C. Echeverri went out., at minute 46 M. Meza came in and M. Kranevitter went out., at minute 56 F. Bustos came in and D. Zabala went out., at minute 68 L. Gonzalez Pirez came in and R. Funes Mori went out., at minute 68 P. Martinez came in and F. Mastantuono went out.
Substitutions defensa y justicia: at minute 60 G. Alanis came in and C. Perez went out., at minute 60 B. Schamine came in and K. Lopez went out., at minute 70 A. Osorio came in and J. B. Miritello went out., at minute 70 I. Galvan came in and A. Molinas went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Defensa Y Justicia
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River Plate
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