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América Mexico 4-3 River Plate - April 02, 2008 / Copa Libertadores 2008

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Copa Libertadores 2008 - Group 5

Estadio Azteca - Ciudad de México - Mexico

April 02, 2008

América Mexico

Mexico

4 - 3

River Plate

Argentina

Rodrigo Iñigo

51'

Enrique Esqueda

53'

Diego Cervantes

61'

Salvador Cabañas

69'

Rodrigo Javier Archubi

56'

Diego Cervantes (o.g)

62'

Sebastián Abreu

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6' - Goal Rodrigo Javier Archubi

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51' - Goal Rodrigo Iñigo51

52' - Substitution Federico Higuaínis substituted by Salvador Cabañas52

53' - Goal Enrique Esqueda53

56' - Own goal Diego Cervantes

61' - Goal Diego Cervantes61

62' - Goal Sebastián Abreu

69' - Goal Salvador Cabañas69

70' - Substitution Juan Carlos Mosquedais substituted by Richard Núñez70

75' - Substitution Rodrigo Javier Archubiis substituted by Nicolás Domingo

83' - Substitution Enrique Esquedais substituted by José Mosqueda83

86' - Substitution Paulo Andrés Ferrariis substituted by Andrés Ríos

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

América Mexico

4 - 3

River Plate

América Mexico River Plate

Team line-ups

América Mexico

Ochoa

Guillermo Ochoa

Mexico

B.date13/07/1985

Age22 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

Rodriguez

Ismael Rodriguez

Mexico

B.date10/01/1981

Age27 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Defender

Cervantes5661

Diego Cervantes

Mexico

B.date30/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Iñigo51

Rodrigo Iñigo

Mexico

B.date29/08/1985

Age22 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Castro

José Antonio Castro

Mexico

B.date11/08/1980

Age27 years

H1m73

positionFull-back

Rojas

Oscar Rojas

Mexico

B.date02/08/1981

Age26 years

H1m72

positionFull-back

Villa

German Villa

Mexico

B.date02/04/1973

Age35 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Argüello

Alejandro Argüello

Mexico

B.date25/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m72

positionLeft central midfielder

Mosqueda70

Juan Carlos Mosqueda

Mexico

B.date17/04/1985

Age22 years

H1m66

positionOffensive Midfielder

Esqueda5383

Enrique Esqueda

Mexico

B.date19/04/1988

Age19 years

H1m79

positionCentre forward

Higuaín52

Federico Higuaín

Argentina

B.date25/10/1984

Age23 years

H1m73

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Guillermo Ochoa		22	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ismael Rodriguez		27	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Diego Cervantes	5661	23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rodrigo Iñigo	51	22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	José Antonio Castro		27	228	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Oscar Rojas		26	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	German Villa		35	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alejandro Argüello		26	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Juan Carlos Mosqueda	70	22	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Enrique Esqueda	5383	19	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Federico Higuaín	52	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

113

River Plate

Carrizo

Juan Pablo Carrizo

Argentina

B.date06/05/1984

Age23 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Nasuti

Cristian Nasuti

Argentina

B.date06/09/1982

Age25 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Sánchez

Nicolás Sánchez

Argentina

B.date04/02/1986

Age22 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Ferrari86

Paulo Andrés Ferrari

Argentina

B.date04/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Villagra

Cristian Carlos Villagra

Argentina

B.date27/12/1985

Age22 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Ponzio

Leonardo Ponzio

Argentina

B.date29/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

Archubi675

Rodrigo Javier Archubi

Argentina

B.date06/06/1985

Age22 years

H1m82

positionLeft Midfielder

Abelairas

Matías Abelairas

Argentina

B.date18/06/1985

Age22 years

H1m70

positionLeft Midfielder

Falcao

Radamel Falcao

Colombia

B.date10/02/1986

Age22 years

H1m77

positionStriker

Sánchez

Alexis Sánchez

Chile

B.date19/12/1988

Age19 years

H1m71

positionVersatile Forward

Abreu62

Sebastián Abreu

Uruguay

B.date17/10/1976

Age31 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Juan Pablo Carrizo		23	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cristian Nasuti		25	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicolás Sánchez		22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paulo Andrés Ferrari	86	26	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cristian Carlos Villagra		22	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Leonardo Ponzio		26	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rodrigo Javier Archubi	675	22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matías Abelairas		22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Radamel Falcao		22	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alexis Sánchez		19	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Sebastián Abreu	62	31	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	José Mosqueda	83	25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Richard Núñez	70	32	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Salvador Cabañas	6952	27	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Nicolás Domingo	75	22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Andrés Ríos	86	18	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Rodrigo Iñigo

Sebastián Enrique Domínguez

OUT

Oscar Rojas

Guillermo Cerda

OUT

Juan Carlos Mosqueda

Salvador Cabañas

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Radamel Falcao

Mauro Rosales

OUT

Cristian Carlos Villagra

Danilo Gerlo

OUT

Nicolás Sánchez

Emmanuel Martínez

OUT

Rodrigo Javier Archubi

Diego Buonanotte

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rubén Romano

Success rate in this team:

27 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Romano vs River Plate

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 02, 2008

Romano vs Simeone

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 02, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Diego Simeone

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Simeone vs América Mexico

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 02, 2008

Simeone vs Romano

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 02, 2008

Referee

Roberto Silvera

1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	América Mexico3 matches	General total	River Plate2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	América Mexico1 match	Season total	River Plate1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 02, 2008					Latest figure on November 06, 2008

Videos

December 18, 2012

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Diego Cervantes scores 1 goal in Copa Libertadores

It's the first time Rodrigo Javier Archubi scores 1 goal vs River Plate in his professional career

It's the first time Diego Cervantes scores 1 goal vs River Plate in his professional career

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAmérica Mexico 0-1 Santos Laguna24/02/2008

LAmérica Mexico 1-2 San Luis Potosi09/03/2008

VAmérica Mexico 3-1 U. San Martin de Porres13/03/2008

LAmérica Mexico 0-1 Deportivo Toluca22/03/2008

Overall

DCruz Azul 2-2 América Mexico16/03/2008

LAmérica Mexico 0-1 Deportivo Toluca22/03/2008

LU. San Martin de Porres 1-0 América Mexico26/03/2008

LVeracruz 4-0 América Mexico29/03/2008

Current form

Away

LOlimpo 4-0 River Plate01/12/2007

LU. San Martin de Porres 2-0 River Plate13/02/2008

DNewell's Old Boys 0-0 River Plate17/02/2008

DEstudiantes de La Plata 0-0 River Plate09/03/2008

VUniversidad Catolica Santiago 1-2 River Plate12/03/2008

VVélez Sarsfield 0-2 River Plate23/03/2008

Overall

VUniversidad Catolica Santiago 1-2 River Plate12/03/2008

DRiver Plate 0-0 Racing Club16/03/2008

VRiver Plate 3-2 San Martin San Juan19/03/2008

VVélez Sarsfield 0-2 River Plate23/03/2008

VRiver Plate 2-0 Universidad Catolica Santiago26/03/2008

VRiver Plate 1-0 Arsenal de Sarandi30/03/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	5
Winless streak	2	7
Drawless streak	12	5
Goalless streak	2	5
Conceding streak	10	22

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	4	10
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	2	4
Invincibility streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

201	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	157
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (1 times)

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	11
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Salvador Cabañas	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Sebastián Abreu
Salvador Cabañas	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Sebastián Abreu
Salvador Cabañas	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Sebastián Abreu

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

5 matches

1 v

2 d

2 l

3 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

5 matches

2 v

2 d

1 l

4 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	February 28, 2002
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	February 27, 2008
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

February 27, 2008 - Copa Libertadores 2008

River Plate

2 - 1

América Mexico logo América Mexico

March 13, 2002 - Copa Libertadores 2002

América Mexico

0 - 0

River Plate logo River Plate

February 28, 2002 - Copa Libertadores 2002

River Plate

0 - 1

América Mexico logo América Mexico

May 07, 1998 - Copa Libertadores 1998

River Plate

1 - 0

América Mexico logo América Mexico

April 22, 1998 - Copa Libertadores 1998

América Mexico

1 - 1

River Plate logo River Plate

Best historical scorers against River Plate

	Frankie Oviedo	1 goal	2002 - 2002
	Salvador Cabañas	1 goal	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/04/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against América Mexico

Radamel Falcao	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Santiago Solari	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Ariel Ortega	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Carlos Netto	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/04/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs River Plate

German Villa	3 matches	2002 - 2008
Raul Salinas	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Jesús López Meneses	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Frankie Oviedo	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Hugo Castillo	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Luis Hernandez	2 matches	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/04/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs América Mexico

Celso Ayala	3 matches	1998 - 2002
Ángel Comizzo	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Claudio Husaín	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Juan Pablo Sorín	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Andrés D'Alessandro	2 matches	2002 - 2002
Santiago Solari	2 matches	1998 - 1998