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Commentary
A refined pass from SAGBO was flicked goalbound by BIRSA only for the River Plate 'keeper to claw away.
11¹PIED worked the ball to SAGBO, HOARAU latched onto his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of OSPINA.
11¹GOAL!! After being forced wide LÓPEZ managed to drive the ball in from the tightest of angles. (1-0 River Plate)
14¹HOARAU pulled away from AMRABAT but shot the ball into the arms of OSPINA.
27¹AMRABAT played the ball to LÓPEZ who forced it just wide.
32¹GOAL!! A dubious penalty was awarded to River Plate, after PIED had fouled BUONANOTTE which LÓPEZ easily converted. (2-0 River Plate)
34¹HOARAU snapped at a simple chance.
35¹HOARAU made space on the right and knocked the ball to BIRSA who touched the ball wide.
41¹FORMICA beat CONGRÉ and drilled the ball to AMRABAT who blasted his effort wide.
41¹The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful strike from SAGBO.
An inswinging corner was forced into the arms of the 'keeper by SAGBO.
A penalty box scramble resulted in AMRABAT knocking a low shot wide.
A lovely effort from AMRABAT scraped the upright.
GOAL!! Unlucky BIRSA hit the woodwork before HOARAU flicked the ball into the net as BUONANOTTE failed to clear. (2-1 River Plate)
16²The referee books LÓPEZ.
22²SAGBO placed a left foot shot just beyond the near post from twenty-five yards out.
24²A cross from FORMICA left MOUCHE in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
31²AMRABAT rattled an easy chance past the far post.
34²Uncertainty in the Lorient defence enabled AMRABAT to volley the ball just wide.
38²A corner bobbled toward BIRSA who fired an effort over the bar.
41²LÓPEZ shot over.
41²SAGBO cautioned by the referee for a cynical challenge.

 
River Plate
 
League position: 15
Home league form: LWXL
Overall league form: LLLWXLLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
David OSPINA1Fabien AUDARD(c)
Lisandro LÓPEZ2Daniel CONGRÉ
Marcos ROJO3Jérémy MOREL
Diego BUONANOTTE4Florent BALMONT
Lucas ORBAN5Sébastien PUYGRENIER
Gustavo CABRAL6Cédric KANTÉ
Mauro FORMICA7Morgan AMALFITANO
Nordin AMRABAT8Valter BIRSA
(c,p)Maximiliano LÓPEZ9Guillaume HOARAU(p)
(f)Gonzalo CASTILLEJOS10Jérémy PIED(f)
Pablo MOUCHE11Yannick SAGBO
Manager
Facundo AFFRANCHINO  12  Sigamary DIARRA
Agustin MARCHESÍN  13  Olivier SORIN
Daniel VILLALVA  14  Sebastián DUBARBIER
Matías ABELAIRAS  15  James FANCHONE
Fabio GIMÉNEZ  16  Maxime BACA
 
Lorient
 
League position: 5
Away league form: WLWW
Overall league form: XWLLWXOW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
River Plate 2 Lorient 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 35,158, Stadium: Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Referee: Sotirios Vorjas 5½)

López 11¹, López 32¹ (pen)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Hoarau 5²
  
  
López 16²Sagbo 41²
96
516
34
210
97
1117
08
46%54%
Man of the match: Marcos Rojo