CORDOBA (Interstat) — River Plate beat host Belgrano 3-0 at Estadio Julio César Villagra in Córdoba, Argentina, as Tomas Ezequiel Galvan, Thiago Almada and Angel Correa scored. Galvan opened the scoring in first-half stoppage time and added an assist while playing the full 90 minutes. Almada and Correa also played the full match, with Correa doubling the lead in the 49th minute and Almada capping the scoring in the 72nd. Gonzalo Montiel recorded an assist in 74 minutes, and Lucas Beltran added an assist in 68 minutes before receiving a yellow card. Belgrano’s Sanchez, Vazquez and Lopez also were booked. Belgrano made substitutions in the 68th, 74th and 79th minutes, while River Plate also used its bench, including Fausto Vera in the 82nd. River Plate improved to 2-0-1 in the competition and across all competitions, while Belgrano fell to 2-1 in both. The visitors controlled play after the break and preserved the shutout.