River won it for Pezzella but suffered against a brave Colo-Colo and rescued a tie that leaves the series open

Hierarchy is a word that is used a lot in the soccer to highlight those players who contribute category and a distinctive level to a team. If someone asks about her, we must tell them to look at the goal. River a Colo-Colo. Marcos Acuña executed a master center to locate German Pezzella. His National Team teammate managed to adjust her body and send the ball into the net with her left knee.

If they ask about the hierarchy again, the answer must be that they see the tie. Colo-Colo. Arturo Vidal filtered a great pass to leave Carlos Palacios dear to dear with Franco Armani and the player that Boca looked for, enabled by Fabricio Bustosdefined with category.

The world champions of Riverbrought by Marcelo Gallardo (he completed 100 games directing in Copa Libertadores), they opened the scoreboard in the boiler of the Monumental of Santiago de Chilewhere Colo-Colo fought in a rough match on the grass and spicy in the stands, filled with Cacique fans, who stoned River’s bus. Two players also from the national team (Chilean) were protagonists of the equality (1-1) that left the quarterfinal series open.

And if someone insists on asking what hierarchy is, you can show the shortcut at the end of Armaniafter Paiva’s header, to leave the first duel in a draw, which was worthy of a cup match.

The meeting in Santiago de Chile It was changeable. Each team had its moments. And there was no lack of fervor to compete for each ball, sometimes with an extra leg. River tried to be compact from the beginning, grouping together and making movements from one side to the other to pressure the rival exit. And after recovering the ball, he looked for spaces and tried to speed up the game.

The position of Nacho Fernandezas an internal flywheel and close to Kranevitterwas key in those first minutes. Well stopped, the left-handed player was the axis of the Millionaire’s recovery and attacks. Stitches came out of his feet towards Echeverri y Borja. But the Colombian was erratic. He was not even lucid enough to resolve when he coincidentally ended up one-on-one, after the ball fell to him after a strong tackle from Saldivia a Meza.

River could not sustain the initial pressure and Colo-Colo began to handle the ball more. When he had it, he was left with three behind because Isla joined the middle of the field to try to have numerical superiority. And when Gil and Arturo Vidal They let go and joined Palacios, there was a risk for River. At the same time, Correa complicated things with his good movements, which led to clear arrivals to which Armani put his hands to prevent his goal from falling.

The corner kicks were also attack missiles for the Chilean team, but the tie came due to a great play between Vidal and Palacios, who took advantage of Bustos taking a late step forward. That was one of River’s few defensive blemishes, which stood with its goalkeeper and its line of four when the midfield was overwhelmed. For that reason, Gallardo changed the pieces in the middle and put together a 4-4-2 because Colo-Colo had won half of the field. Still, he continued to dominate the local team.

For its part, Almiron He also got involved. He surprisingly took out three of the top four performers. Gil, Vidal and Correa left. Palacios, on the other hand, continued until the end and was always a latent danger. He also took out Islawhose projections generated concern in River and in one of them Armani almost gave him a penalty.

About the end, Falcón and Paulo Díaz were thrown out and Armani’s typical cup save appeared to leave everything the same for the rematch, on Tuesday, in Núñez.