River Plate 3-2 Independiente
Astrada has debuted in River with a win against Independiente, in the Torneo de Verano, a friendly tournament that gathers the five best clubs in Argentina.
River lined-up mostly with youth players, and their inexperience showed in the first half when Indepediente dominated the match. The ones from Avellaneda scored twice in the first half, going the two times in front, after River pulling one back in the middle of the first-half, by Frederico Almerares.
On the second half the River team showed up completely changed, taking to the field a bravely way of playing, a feature fo El Jefe in his playing days. River Plate clearly dominated the occurances, pushing Independiente to its goal. With only 5 minutes, Jose Maria Sand drawed the game level again, and in the last minute, Pablo Frontini gave River the victory.
RIVER PLATE: Alejandro Saccone; Luis Lobo (Nelson Cuevas, 65'), Ricardo Rojas, Pablo Frontini y Franco Miranda; Patricio Toranzo, Oscar Ahumada, Rubens Sambueza y Darío Conca (Daniel Ludueña, 87'); José Sand y Federico Almenares.
INDEPENDIENTE: Carlos Navarro Montoya; Raúl Damiani, Hernán Franco y Rafael Olarra; Cristian Zurita (Juan Manuel Eluchans, 70'), Sebastián Carrizo, Daniel Quinteros (Martin Morello, 46') y Christian Giménez; Leonel Ríos y Damián Manso (Hugo Morales, 57'); Jairo Castillo.
GOALS: 0-1 Castillo (14'); 1-1 Almerares (25'); 1-2 Ríos (35'); 2-2 Sand (69'); 3-2 Frontini (90').
