Latorre backs Borja after another shocking River miss: “Not so easy” | OneFootball

River came very close to adding three points this Monday that would have allowed them to take a greater lead at the top of Zone B of the Clausura 2025 of the Copa de la Liga, but ended up seething over a goal in the fifth minute of added time that allowed Lanús to tie the match and, although it didn't snatch that first position, allowed Vélez and San Lorenzo to stalk them just one point behind.

The anger was greater because El Millonario had missed more than one clear chance to score throughout the entire match, like the one Miguel Borja had when only two minutes had been played and he couldn't finish accurately, causing new waves of annoyance among fans on social media.

The Colombian is not sharp despite the confidence that Gallardo reaffirms to him match after match and this time he ended up sending over the crossbar a ball that was served to him by Galarza and that had already surpassed the position of the goalkeeper Nahuel Losada and the last two markers of Granate.

Who came out to defend the Colombian amid the criticism was Diego Latorre, who fulfilling his duties as an analyst on ESPN F90 this Tuesday assured that the opportunity he wasted at La Fortaleza was not as simple as many of his detractors thought.

"It was not that easy. First because I don't know if he sees the beginning of the trajectory of the ball. Then it bounces and stays up. As always, far from the support foot it has another difficulty. But when it bounces, he catches the ball at the highest point. You know when you catch the ball on the bounce and kill it? Well, not here. The way the ball was coming, it was impossible to hit it from top to bottom," he explained.

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