Rain of praise for 'Juanfer' Quintero: “he is the different player who can change matches”

“Juanfer is for us the franchise player of specific roles. In a frictional match, that even with an extra man we couldn't control the party... Now the genius he did in Suarez's goal marks you what it is. But I demand more from Juanfer because he is our different, different player”, were the words of Marcelo Gallardo when defining the work of the figure of the duel between Banfield and River Plate for the 10th date of the Argentine Professional League Cup.

The Colombian midfielder stood out as the best player of the match, according to the portal specialized in sports statistics SofaScore, with a score of 7.4 out of 10. He entered for Santiago Simón as a revulsive of the match in the 59th minute, when the match was tied 1-1 and only five minutes were enough to take advantage of the confidence of his coach Marcelo Gallardo and brilliantly assisted the 1-2 final goal for Matías Suárez at the Florencio Sola stadium.

This great participation earned him praise at the end of the match with which River climbed to second place in the Zone 1 standings with 24 points, two units less than Racing Club de Avellaneda, which is the leader in 10 matches played.

Thus, River has four remaining matches for the Copa de la Liga (from April 20 to May 8), while at the same time he plays the group stage of the Copa Conmebol Libertadores and the 2022 Copa Argentina. Seeing how important Quintero is in the squad, despite being a substitute player, coach Gallardo spared no praise to describe what it means to have him, but also what he expects from the Colombian to return to being an initialist in each game:

At the end of the match, the figure of the match thanked the press for the praise and recognition, but also highlighted the work of his teammates in the second half against a difficult rival like Banfield:

Juanfer described his goal as a “very nice” move, in which he took advantage of getting to know each other very well with Matías Suárez and Enzo Fernández to leave the striker head-to-head against goalkeeper Enrique Bologna.

This is how the actions and the summary of the best plays of River's 1-2 victory at Banfield were lived:

Happy and grateful for the team's work in the seventh win of the season by the Professional League Cup, Juanfer hopes to have more minutes against Talleres de Córdoba, Atlético Tucumán, Sarmiento and Platense, next rivals in the “all against all” of zone 1 of the championship.

In between, River will have a complex commitment in Chile visiting Colo Colo for date 3 of the group stage at the 2022 Copa Conmebol Libertadores on Wednesday, April 27.

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