The advice of Miguel Borja and Demichelis which led him to be the top scorer of the League Cup

Miguel Borja He had gone four games without scoring. Almost a month since last March 9th against Independiente. Too much for a scorer of a great team. But before speculation about the drought began, the Colombian showed all his scoring potential and with two precise touches he turned the game around. Central rosary and now, moreover, he is the top scorer of the League Cup, with 12 goals, one more than Racing’s Adrián Martínez.

River didn’t play well in the first half and Hummingbird attendance was poor. If they don’t feed them, it costs them. But towards the end, little by little, he cornered Rosario’s “muletto”, who was giving Monumental the big blow with that goal from Giaccone. Until the equalizer came. Borja spoke after the match about his patience in reaching the goal: “It’s the coach’s trust, he told me ‘don’t leave the area, stay, widen it, because spaces will be created’. They are the coach’s decisions that I have to respect and it went as he said.”

In the 22nd minute, with Nacho Fernández and Ezequiel Barco on the pitch, there was a beautiful pass from Pablo Solari in the heart of the area, with Juan Cruz Komar hooked, which allowed Borja to improve his position and define against the goalkeeper Werner. Then, with three minutes left, Casco launched a wide cross, Nacho Fernández appeared on the right and the central defender replaced the Colombian, who was unforgiving.

With faith intact, as in all his statements, Borja explained: “Glory to God that we managed to win and were able to give our contribution to the team. We knew it was up to us and we continued like this. This team is used to overturning results and this is important.”

With these two goals Borja has accumulated 36 goals in 76 games and maintains his average of one goal every two games. Regarding the rival, El Colibrí underlined: “Many times they focus on River and not on the rivals. We played against the reigning champions, they found themselves within reach of a goal and had a good first half. In the second half we came out with more attackers and turned the situation around.”

Borja’s goals