Bad start to year for River , who lost 3-2 to Independiente

For the city of Mar del Plata Cup team Avellaneda , who had started losing , he came back with two goals from Victor Aquino and one Cuesta ; Balanta and Alario , goals from River

maR OF THE SILVER Two goals from Claudio Aquino and one of Cuesta, Independiente turned the game against River and won 3-2 in the match for the Copa Ciudad de Mar del Plata which marked the debut of millionaires in summer tournaments . In the first half, Eder Alvarez Balanta opened the scoring for River , while Claudio Aquino , with a shot from outside the box scored the equalizer for Team Mauricio Pellegrino.

In the second half, Aquino returned to take advantage of a good deed for the Uruguayan Cristian ' onion ' Rodriguez to make it 2-1 . And to close a brilliant night , the same Victor Claudio Aquino attended Slope for the Reds' third goal eight minutes from time. At the end of the match , Lucas Alario scored for River . The bad news was that Independiente defender Hernan Pellerano sprained right ankle grade two , according to the club 's medical team Avellaneda. The player was replaced by Aguilera and tomorrow will make studies to confirm the severity of the condition and recovery time .

River: Battle Augusto ; Camilo Mayada , Jonatan Maidana, Eder Alvarez Balanta , Milton Casco ; Gonzalo Martinez , Lucho Gonzalez , Nicolas Domingo and Nicolas Bertolo ; Sebastián Driussi and Lucas Alario . Coach: Marcelo Gallardo. Independent: Diego ' Russian ' Rodriguez ; Gustavo Toledo, Hernán Pellerano , Victor Cuesta, Nicolas Tagliafico ; Aguino Claudio , Diego ' Torito ' Rodriguez, Jesus Mendez and Juan Manuel Trejo ; Benitez Martin and Juan Martin Luther . Coach: Mauricio Pellegrino. First half: 21m , Alvarez Balanta ( R); 30m, Aquino ( I). Second half: 23m , Aquino (I); 37m , Cuesta ( I) , and 46m , Alario ( R). Changes. PT : a 28m , Emanuel Aguilera by Pellerano ( I). ST : 15m, Cristian Rodriguez by Trejo ( I); to 19m , Pisculichi by Lucho Gonzalez ( R); to 22m, by Mayada Gabriel Mercado ( R); to 28m , Domingo Leonardo Ponzio ( R); 31m , Ezequiel Vidal Lucero ( I) and Exequiel Driussi Palacios ( R); 35m, Rodrigo Gomez Benitez ( I).