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00:00Away we go on this night in Ecuador. Joe Malfa with you for the action.
00:07Independiente Del Valle from right to left in the black and blue.
00:10River Plate in their traditional white and red from left to right.
00:14River Plate have an opportunity with a win on the road, as difficult as that may be,
00:21to take a full-on stranglehold of Group B.
00:25Top two teams in each group make it through. Played through by Spinelli.
00:29Here's Rodriguez. It's cut out.
00:34Right back the other way. More River Plate through Sebastián Druzzi.
00:49Over the top, working through. Finding it, Collidio going for goal saved by Villar.
00:55Just given the nature of the table here in Group B.
01:00The draw, not the worst thing.
01:04They have these two sides, at the end of the day, tied.
01:12Now they're both above the line. Played through for Ibarra. Going for goal. Tapped in!
01:18Claudio Spinelli opens the scoring for Independiente!
01:22Their first shot on top.
01:31A big weight off the shoulders of Claudio Spinelli. Watch it unfold again.
01:35It looked like he was clearly onside.
01:39Nothing that they will check here it seems.
01:42Well done by Ibarra to just smash it across the six.
01:47Hope for a deflection produced by a teammate.
01:53Spinelli just signed in January.
01:55It's the 13th team in the career of the 28-year-old.
02:01He's never played more than 29 matches for a club.
02:06That being FC Koper in Slovenia.
02:09Last year, ninth.
02:16All stayed in the whole time, still does.
02:19Space here for Leon Lor.
02:22Doesn't have much support but he has Spinelli making a run down the middle.
02:26Lor looking for him. Spinelli!
02:33Doubles his tally. Doubles the lead.
02:36Independiente up 2-0.
02:38And the fans are rabid.
02:50Players were here four months ago.
02:52Both joined in January.
02:54Look at this ball from Lor.
02:55There's the run from Spinelli.
02:57Perfectly placed.
02:58Spinelli does the rest.
03:03That is two for Spinelli in the span of six minutes.
03:08Oh, inch perfect ball.
03:10That's a great look at it from our camera crew.
03:13All Spinelli had to do then was guided home.
03:16He is a good one.
03:17Here's the shot.
03:19He is a good one.
03:20He's a good one.
03:21Good one.
03:22Okay.
03:23And he's a good one.
03:24He's a good one.
03:25He's good.
03:26That's a good one.
03:27Just because he's not a good one.
03:29He's a good one.
03:30almost found him right from distance here off the post still lose Spinelli
03:35lost his footing otherwise he might have had his third of this first half
03:41here's a look again the strike from Ibarra
04:00work through a must on total goes for a goal you see why the rumors are there
04:16this week and a move maybe in the offing to Manchester United
04:21four minutes remaining plus stoppage in this first half
04:30Aliendro
04:35Polirio trying to make something happen they have not found Sebastiandriusi in
04:39this first half their striker meanwhile the opposing number nine we're in the
04:4577 tonight Claudio Spinelli has two goals in this first half
04:51up to already in looking for more before halftime I'll see bar I'll see bar I
05:04was knuckling but it never dipped for him
05:12it was begging right there for it to dip it was knuckling and a halftime whistle
05:19will go independent day up to nil here at home
05:23a nightmare result for real played after 45 minutes of play the cloudy spineli
05:30their gentian forward race
05:32race
05:33goes at 430 minute mark has
05:36muñeco gallardo frozen it is 2-0 you're reading it right 2-0 for independiente
05:43but there's still 45 minutes
05:47and away we go in the second half 2-0
05:52independiente leads over River Plate no mouthful with you for the action this evening from Quito
05:59third match day for both of these sides in Copa Libertadores 2025
06:06independiente would be leading group B at the end of the night if this holds
06:10this works Bolivio and Ali Endro both
06:20can they put this out of reach here work through in space
06:23Kizárez goes for a goal off the post touch to it from Armani onto the post kept it out
06:27it out
06:43we're played it was simon and castaño coming off
06:49kind of it there and fernandez on yellow two pizella
06:57so
07:18independiente looking for a third to ice this game entirely
07:22from a distance here right at armani didn't have to move well positioned
07:34the whole way armani
07:42lanzini
07:44cutting infield lanzini threads it ahead moment here for drioussi it's blocked for a corner
07:50taken off the chest by lanzini lanzini goes for goal save rebound put in by galopo
08:06the first two substitutes of river plate combining to pull a goal back
08:18they both came on at the half taken off the chest here by lanzini not the best shot but it forces a rebound
08:24and galoppo is there his first goal in 2025 giuliano galoppo the 25 year old
08:30a pulse for river plate
08:32a pulse for river plate
08:36hurled in ball still loose in front
08:38off the bar now tapped in
08:40river plate of time
08:42a pulse for river plate
08:44hurled in ball still loose in front
08:56off the bar now tapped in
08:58river plate have come all the way back
09:00sebastian drioussi with the leveler
09:12five minutes and that has shifted
09:14have to keep an eye here on a couple of different instances for potential offside
09:20you will be looking at this first
09:24was fernandez offside
09:26after that initial ball in
09:28then
09:30when he goes for goal here
09:32is drioussi offside there
09:34it doesn't matter that it came back to him off the crossbar
09:38you'll get a good look here
09:40oh it looked like he was behind the ball
09:44on the left flank
09:46rodriguez looking centrally for medina
09:48find him
09:50on
09:52says the referee
09:56at the end line fed in front over the bar
09:58medina had the look
10:00there
10:10he's
10:12looking for lundzini in the 90th minute
10:14lundzini cutting going for goal rebound ball loose must on tuono edge of the area blocked again
10:22I believe
10:24I believe it would have been a penalty for river plate
10:28in that instance they would have said no thank you the advantage give us the penalty
10:32it was galopo shot that was blocked there to end that flurry
10:36here
10:46free kick for the pendiente
10:48a late yellow card from Montiel
10:52Sornosa, free kick, great spot now for the Pendiente, yellow for Kranaviter, for the
11:11Pendiente to rescue a win from this one again.
11:23Final whistle goes, River Plate complete the comeback from 2-0 down at halftime, it finishes
11:292-2.
11:33We told you there has been a good comeback yesterday with Internacional Porto Alegre and then River
11:39Plate after the Spinelli Brace can complete the comeback and get one point to go home with
11:45this group of B.