(Reuters) – Gonzalo Montiel buried a diving header in the 90th minute to earn River Plate a 1-0 home win over Instituto in their Argentine Primera Division Apertura tournament clash at the Estadio Monumental on Wednesday.
The win moved River up to sixth place in the Group B standings with four points from two games, one point ahead of seventh-placed Instituto.
In an eventful first half, both teams had goals disallowed due to offsides and the match was interrupted for several minutes by technical issues, while River also had a penalty claim denied when Facundo Colidio went down in the box.
River looked set for a second straight draw to start the season until the 90th minute, when substitute Paulo Diaz’s header from a corner hit the post and World Cup winner Montiel was on hand to nod home the rebound.
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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