- Title: SOCCER-LIBERTADORES Soccer-River win Libertadores Cup with 3-0 win over Tigres
- Date: 6th August 2015
- Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (AUGUST 6, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF THOUSANDS OF FANS WITH FLAGS CELEBRATING AT OBELISK VARIOUS OF FANS WITH HORNS AND FLAGS FANS CELEBRATING IN POURING RAIN VARIOUS OF THOUSANDS OF FANS CELEBRATING
- Embargoed: 21st August 2015 13:00
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- Location: Argentina
- Country: Argentina
- Topics: General
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- Story Text: Argentina's River Plate won the Libertadores Cup for the third time on Wednesday (August 5) when they beat Mexican side Tigres 3-0 in front of a capacity crowd in Buenos Aires.
Thousands of fans celebrated under the pouring rain in the Argentine capital.
River Plate coach Marcelo Gallardo said he was proud of the victory because the team had worked hard to achieve it.
"Because we believe in what we do, because we're a team that doesn't take shelter in our past accomplishments, in other words we keep believing that we can win things on the basis of work, of humility, of football, even though finals are sometimes won the way they were won today. And because it's a competitive team, because I think they keep believing in what can be achieved and they are not easily satisfied," he said.
Lucas Alario, who only joined the club in July, got the opener on the stroke of half time when he dived to glance home a curling cross from Leonel Vangioni.
Carlos Sanchez was felled in the penalty box with 74 minutes gone and then hammered the spot kick past Nahuel Guzman before Ramiro Funes Mori guaranteed the victory when he rose to head home a corner four minutes later.
The result gave River a 3-0 aggregate victory after the first leg in Monterrey ended scoreless. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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