Was the solution at home? By dint of goals, Lucas Beltrán wants to forget the departure of Julián Álvarez de River

The goals River have lost to Julián Álvarez, who has already made his Manchester City debut in a friendly, want to start to recover little by little. And in addition to this, a great investment was made by the Colombian Miguel Borgiawho made his debut with the red band entering the second half this Thursday against Gimnasia de La Plata, for now what makes them available is a home player: Luca Beltran.

The 21-year-old has converted as he did on Sunday against Vélez in Liniers. And again to open the marker. This time, he served the team’s way Marcello Gallardo won, in an important match for River’s future, once again taking a win after two defeats and a draw.

Beltrán took advantage of a gift from Gimnasia defender Leonardo Morales, who badly rejected a ball and ended up lowering it on the River striker, who, with space in the area, calmly dominated it and defined with a cross and a low right shot.

Beltrán wasn’t just a goal. He also contributed with commitment and sacrifice. He rolled all the balls and asked the rival defenders. For a moment he reminded us of the work done by Rafael Borré, tireless in pressing the opposing defenses outgoing.

Beltrán returned to River less than a month ago. He was after a fight with Colón, where he was on loan until the end of the year but there was a play-off clause that Núñez’s club could have exploited in this market. Y Gallardo insisted on his returnas he needed strikers and Cordovan had excelled in the Santa Fe team.

Finally, Beltrán is back and in the absence of Álvarez, with whom he shared an attacking couple in the Reserve, he won the place of center-forward in these matches on Brian Romero. And while that place should belong to Borja, the goals for now are scored by Beltrán. The Colombian, on his debut, had a chance and Rodrigo Rey took away the goal.

Beltrán is a player who grew up at the Instituto de Córdoba and completed his training at River, where he arrived at the age of 15 after Núñez’s club bought him from Córdoba for $ 100,000. Today, with Gallardo’s confidence on their shoulders, Cordovan has their big break in the Primera de River.