Copa de Verano: River Plate 1 – 0 San Lorenzo

By: Christian | January 29th, 2008

   

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A penalty kick from Sebastián Abreu was all River Plate needed tonight to beat San Lorenzo 1-0 and claim their second consecutive Copa De Verano. Diego Simeone’s change in formation appears to have paid off as los millonarios coasted to victory, and they were aided by a San Lorenzo side reduced to 9 men.

I completely missed the game thanks to the horrible weather here in Chicago, but below is a clip of Abreu’s goal (having previously been with San Lorenzo, he did not celebrate). Remember, River will face Boca again this Saturday in a rematch, so hopefully tonight’s victory can inspire the team to get even.

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• Albo |  January 29th, 2008 at 10:00 pm

  
  
  

  it seems Simeone wanted Ferrari to take the PK.
  But Abréu took the ball, placed it and scored for River.
  Later on, there was a second penalty kick for River.
  This time Ferrari took it.
  But Orión saved for San Lorenzo. (!)
  El “loco” Abréu (Uruguayan) could score a lot of goals for the gallinas. He’s in good form and ready.

  

• Gonzalo |  January 29th, 2008 at 10:53 pm

  
  
  

  River played a good game – the best we’ve seen this year, in my opinion. Ortega was amazing in the 45 minutes he played, Alexis Sanchez came in during the second half and was incredibly inspired, Falcao played well, our whole defense was solid: overall, I was really happy with our display.

  - Gonzalo

  

• Christian |  January 30th, 2008 at 8:05 am

  
  
  

  I always seem to miss the good games. I’m glad the team did well, and look forward to Saturday against the bosteros.

  

• Mark |  February 3rd, 2008 at 1:24 am

  
  
  

  Well, how did we do Boca? Tried to find the score online, was it 3-2 River?

  

• Mark |  February 3rd, 2008 at 1:24 am

  
  
  

  Should read “against Boca” .