Nacho Fernández’s Goal to Put River Ahead Against Gimnasia and Comply With the Law of the Former

It was strange that any Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata fan did not think of the inexorable Law of the Ex when he saw Ignacio Martín Fernández on the list of River’s starters for the visit to the Juan Carmelo Zerillo stadium. And the Castelli native did not fail: he scored a great goal after a combination born in the depths of the auxiliary fields of the Monumental and gave the partial victory to the Millionaire.

Marcelo Gallardo, upset and uncomfortable, had noticed that his team did not play as he had planned. El Lobo was superior for much of the first half and was inches away from taking the lead, but assistant referee Agustín Méndez raised his flag and disallowed Benjamín Domínguez’s goal, with a nod from the VAR, due to a fine offside position, although it did exist at the end. In any case, they would later equalise thanks to Rodrigo Castillo.

Nacho Fernández’s Goal to Put River Ahead Against Gimnasia and Comply With the Law of the Former.

Therefore, El Muñeco moved some pieces around and decided to bring in Franco Mastantuono and Maximiliano Meza , instead of Pablo Solari and Manuel Lanzini, to have more time with the ball at their feet. Neither of the two players let him down, as they were involved in the goal scored by La Banda at the start of the second half.

When the clock was ticking down to nine minutes, the footballer, who had just arrived from Monterrey for 2 million dollars, led one of the first attacks in his senior debut with the team he supports and made a precise pass to Felipe Peña Biafore. The midfielder, who had been brought back from Lanús, without hesitation, passed it to the 17-year-old, who was practically alone. As soon as a Gimnasia defender came out to press him, he passed it to Nacho Fernández , who subtly placed it at the second post of goalkeeper Marcos Ledesma.

The Brain raised his hands to ask for forgiveness for his past at the club that trained him as a player and where he played a total of 91 games, scoring 15 goals. In fact, it was his performance at the Tripero that allowed him to move to River at the beginning of 2016. Beyond his goal, the Lobo fans applauded him when he came on at 20′ of the second half for Claudio Echeverri.