River Plate champion of the 2021 tournament of Argentina soccer

River Plate became champion of the 2021 Argentina 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.

So comfortable was River's victory, that even Gallardo had the pleasure of aligning historical team members who had been relegated to the starting line, such as defender Javier Pinola, 38, and midfielder Leonardo Ponzio, who at 39 years of age 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 establishment.