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Commentary
2¹A penalty box meleé resulted in LÓPEZ driving a low shot wide.
3¹TOTTI waltzed round AMRABAT and rattled a tame shot well wide.
6¹A fine ball from GIROUD on the left found KONDOGBIA who scuffed his shot inches over.
8¹The 'keeper was able to claw away an amazing effort.
11¹A free-kick from LÓPEZ flew just beyond the near post.
13¹GOAL!! A cross from BASANTA was touched away by MEDEL only for AMRABAT to crack the ball back into the box for VÍCTOR to force into the net. (1-0 River Plate)
16¹GOAL!! A River Plate counter-attack allowed VÍCTOR to setup ORBAN with an easy goal. (2-0 River Plate)
18¹A great save prevented GIROUD from scoring a good goal.
22¹GOAL!! A poor shot from AMRABAT seemed to hold no problem for the Baník Ostrava 'keeper but the ball somehow bobbled over the line. (3-0 River Plate)
26¹A corner bobbled toward MERCADO who flicked an effort over the bar.
30¹ORBAN hoofed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.
31¹AMRABAT shot over.
34¹A mix up in the Baník Ostrava defence enabled AMRABAT to fire the ball over.
0²GOAL!! A free-kick was palmed away by CABALLERO, GIROUD was first to the loose ball and played the ball to XHAKA to slide in. (3-1 River Plate)
5²TOTTI headed over the bar.
6²N'KOULOU beat two River Plate players and fired an effort over.
9²GOAL!! Uncertainty between FILIPE LUIS and the 'keeper allowed LÓPEZ to crack the ball into the empty net. (4-1 River Plate)
20²A shot from LÓPEZ was booted off the line by N'KOULOU.
20²CABRAL cautioned for a bad foul on BUSCH.
21²KOUASSI was put clear by MEDEL and he turned the River Plate 'keeper but thrust his shot over.
24²A accurate pass fell to ARDA and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide.
29²BASANTA ran onto a delightful ball from BUONANOTTE but hit his shot wide of the goal.
36²CASTILLEJOS chipped the ball to AMRABAT who nodded it over.
38²The River Plate 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from ARDA.

 
River Plate
 
League position: 13
Home league form: LXLL
Overall league form: LOXLLLXL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Wilfredo CABALLERO7 16½Dominik LIVAKOVIC
Gabriel MERCADO7 25½Marnon BUSCH
Lucas ORBAN8 36 FILIPE LUIS Karsmirski
Diego BUONANOTTE7 46 Granit XHAKA
Gustavo CABRAL7½57½Gary MEDEL
José BASANTA7 66½Nicolas N'KOULOU
Facundo AFFRANCHINO6½76½Jean KOUASSI
Nordin AMRABAT7 86½ARDA Turan
(p)Maximiliano LÓPEZ5 96½Olivier GIROUD(p)
(f)Gonzalo CASTILLEJOS6 106½Geoffrey KONDOGBIA(f)
VÍCTOR Manuel6 116½Francesco TOTTI(c)
Manager
Pablo MOUCHE  12  Nicolás LÓPEZ
Leandro CHICHIZOLA  13  Maximilian ARNOLD
Juan DÍAZ6 146 Fabian SCHÄR
Daniel VILLALVA  15  Andriy YARMOLENKO
Lisandro LÓPEZ  166½Yevhen KONOPLYANKA
 
Baník Ostrava
 
League position: 5
Away league form: XWXW
Overall league form: XXWWXXWX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
River Plate 4 Baník Ostrava 1
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 32,721, Stadium: Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Referee: Martin Penicka 8)

Víctor 13¹, Orban 16¹, Amrabat 22¹, López 9²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Xhaka 0²
LópezóDíaz 36²GiroudóKonoplyanka 18², XhakaóSchär 38²
  
Cabral 20² 
33
106
45
63
86
149
22
53%47%
Man of the match: Lucas Orban