Otamendi loses his head after River loss, swears in flash interview | OneFootball

River Plate tasted defeat again in the early hours of this Saturday into Sunday, losing at home to Huracán, 2-1, at the Estadio Monumental. The setback came on matchday 10 of Group B of the Argentine Clausura Tournament and ended a seven-game unbeaten run, during which the team had recorded four wins and three draws.

Nicolás Otamendi, a former Benfica player, wore the captain’s armband and did not hide his frustration after the match. Speaking to ESPN Argentina, the Argentine international defender felt his team was punished by the way it conceded the two goals.

"With two shitty balls, they score two goals against us and the result is different. It wiped out everything we did. Football is all about results. Unfairly, we lost a game where we created chances, attacked, moved the ball around, were patient... In the end, obviously, when desperation sets in, mistakes start to happen. Even so, we created chances right until the last moment, had several opportunities to score, equalised and kept pushing in search of the goal," he explained.

The match began as a real cold shower for the home side. In the ninth minute, Oscar Cortés tried to put the ball into the box from a free-kick, but the cross ended up taking an unexpected trajectory and went straight into the net without any touch.

River Plate only reacted in the second half and equalised in the 65th minute. Tomás Galván produced an excellent first-time strike from the edge of the box to level the score. Huracán’s response, however, was not long in coming. Just 15 minutes later, Lucas Blondel appeared in the box and, with a low shot, beat Santiago Beltrán to put the visitors back in front. The score remained unchanged until the final whistle.

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