Rosario scores late to draw 2-2 with River Plate

Updated: Mar 29, 2025, 11:41 pm

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF ARGENTINA LEAGUE SOCCER MATCH BETWEEN RIVER PLATE AND ROSARIO CENTRAL

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ROSARIO CENTRAL AT RIVER PLATE (WHITE/RED JERSEYS) AT ESTADIO MONUMENTAL

1. WIDE OF FIREWORKS GOING OFF BEFORE START OF MATCH

2. YOUNG BOY WATCHING FIREWORKS

1ST HALF

3. REFEREE BLOWS WHISTLE FOR OPENING KICKOFF

4. GOAL - ROSARIO'S VICTOR MALCORRA (#10) TAKES CORNER KICK THAT IS HEADED BY SEBASTIAN FERREIRA (#11) PAST RIVER PLATE GOALKEEPER FRANCO ARMANI IN 8TH MINUTE. RIVER PLATE 0-1 ROSARIO

5. REPLAYS OF MALCORRA CORNER KICK AND FERREIRA HEADER FOR GOAL

6. GOAL - RIVER PLATE'S MARCOS ACUNA (#21) TAKES FREE KICK THAT IS HEADED BY LUCAS MARTINEZ QUARTA (#28) PAST ROSARIO GOALKEEPER JORGE BROUN IN 18TH MINUTE TO EQUALIZE. RIVER PLATE 1-1 ROSARIO

7. REPLAYS OF ACUNA FREE KICK AND MARTINEZ QUARTA HEADER FOR GOAL

2ND HALF

8. GOAL - RIVER PLATE WITH STEAL AND CENTERING PASS THAT BOUNCES TO IAN SUBIABRE (#38) WHO SCORES PAST ROSARIO GOALKEEPER BROUN IN 61ST MINUTE. RIVER PLATE 2-1 ROSARIO

9. REPLAYS OF SUBIABRE GOAL

10. GOAL - ROSARIO'S ENZO COPETTI (#9) WITH SHOT THAT ROLLS PAST ROSARIO GOALKEEPER BROUN AND IS KNOCKED OVER GOAL LINE BY ROSARIO'S SANTIAGO LOPEZ (#21) IN 85TH MINUTE TO EQUALIZE. RIVER PLATE 2-2 ROSARIO

11. REPLAYS OF COPETTI SHOT BEING KNOCKED OVER GOAL LINE BY LOPEZ

12. IN FINAL PLAY OF STOPPAGE TIME, ROSARIO'S LOPEZ WITH CENTERING PASS AND COPETTI APPEARS TO HAVE TAP IN GOAL BUT HE SENDS SHOT JUST WIDE OF GOAL

13. REPLAY OF LOPEZ CENTERING PASS AND COPETTI SHOT GOING JUST WIDE OF GOAL

14. COPETTI REACTING JUST AFTER MISSING SHOT, REFEREE HAD JUST BLOWN WHISTLE TO END MATCH. RIVER PLATE 2-2 ROSARIO

STORY: Rosario Central's Santiago Lopez came off the bench to score in the 85th minute for a 2-2 draw against River Plate in their Argentine Primera Division Apertura tournament clash at the Estadio Monumental on Saturday (March 29).

The win moved Rosario into second place in Group B with 22 points, two behind leaders Independiente. River, unbeaten in their last five matches, were held to a second consecutive league draw and remain in third place with 20 points.

Rosario grabbed the lead just eight minutes in when Sebastian Ferreira netted with a towering header from a corner. River responded in similar fashion 10 minutes later, as Lucas Martinez Quarta nodded home a well-delivered Marcos Acuna free kick to equalize.

The hosts grew into the game but struggled to breach a solid Rosario backline, until teenage substitute Ian Subiabre scored his first senior goal with a scuffed volley into the far post just past the hour mark.

Rosario thought they had found the equalizer when Juan Cruz Komar fired in another header past goalkeeper Franco Armani, but the defender saw his 71st-minute effort disallowed for offside.

Yet Lopez, who had just come on, brought the visitors level five minutes from time with an easy finish following a great team move before Enzo Copetti incredibly missed the target to hand them the win in stoppage time.

(Production: David Grip)