Racing. Vélez doesn’t care that Racing is two points behind. Vélez also doesn’t care that they play a day before Huracán and Talleres, their other two pursuers, are at each other’s throats.
Vélez, the tournament leader, the team that has been playing the best for the longest time, doesn’t care about anything in their quest to win the title: with the checkered flag looming in the distance, they won a difficult match against Sarmiento due to the context and made a statement of authority to continue feeding the dream of the return. By Luis Fernández
With several of the glories of the Intercontinental Cup won exactly 30 years ago sitting in a box, Fortín had the necessary patience to make the difference against a team that gave up possession and devoted itself fundamentally to shielding people from behind and trying to get the wingers to play (something that it did very little): taking advantage of the width of the field through changes of front (Valentín Gómez stood out in that area), it wore down Sarmiento with the constant and very good climbs of Joaquín García and Elías Gómez (very complete match), two of the high points of the night. Thus, it was also able to get in through the middle with good partnerships.
From the direction of Bouzat (he received the fifth yellow card and will not be there vs. Unión), Vélez had the monopoly of the ball and total control of a match that only had a small question mark due to the low result. By putting his offensive players into play, he sometimes brought danger to the goal defended by Acosta: it is true that he did not have many chances due to some inaccuracies in the last pass or bad decisions, but he more than deserved this victory that he could have opened with a penalty at the end of the first half.
In this context, as the game progressed, he began to feel the wear and tear he had suffered on Wednesday in the very tough battle against Boca for the Argentine Cup: Aquino grew tired and gave up on precision (that led to some loss of possession), Pizzini also burned out and could not make a difference on the right and the full-backs prioritized taking care of the defensive aspect more than attacking attacks. This, however, could not be taken advantage of by Sanguinetti’s team that lacked ideas and could only look to Marchiori in some dead balls. Independiente beat Central Córdoba and silenced the whistles from the stands
Independiente won 2-0 against Central Córdoba at the Libertadores de América Stadium, in the framework of the 25th round of the Professional League. The goals were in the first half: the first, Gabriel Ávalos at 3 minutes of the first half; the second, by Santiago Hidalgo, with liveliness and before halftime. Great victory for the Reds that went from the whistles in the preview, to the total celebration of the fans.
The insults and complaints from the stands to Iván Marcone, after what happened to a fan, during the historic greeting, did not have much significance. The first goal came quickly. At 3 minutes from the start, a great play started at the feet of Kevin Lomónaco, the figure of the match, who took the ball from the back; it reached Santiago Hidalgo to show off with the playmaker and assist Gabriel Ávalos. 1-0 for the home team.
Central Córdoba was beaten from the start and held on as long as it could. But at the end of the first 45 minutes, the second goal came. A serious defensive error by Ferroviario and the cleverness of Hidalgo, accompanied by luck: with the ball in the air and a defender on top of him, he hit it as best he could and it fell inside the goal.
Julio Vaccari’s team seems to have done their homework and performed collectively. Good game from the forwards, like Diego Tarzia and the number 9. Felipe Loyola was correct in the midfield, as well as Lomónaco and Rodrigo Rey in the back. Hidalgo, the most decisive player in the first half, had to be replaced due to discomfort that did
not allow him to finish an ideal afternoon to celebrate his first goal in the First Division.
Independiente found itself as a team on this date and kept three golden points, thinking about the classification to the cups: it is seventh in the annual table, qualified for the Copa Sudamericana, and will wait for other results, heading towards the definition of the tournament.
Esteban Solari, the coach who sounds strong in Belgrano
El Pirata continues with the search for its new coach, who will take the place left by Juan Cruz Real. The former coach of Everton of Chile is a candidate. Solari stopped being the coach of the Chilean team a few days ago, with a 53.53% performance, with 12 victories in 28 games, plus eight draws and eight defeats. In addition, he led Everton to qualify for the Copa Sudamericana, although this was not enough for him to continue in charge of the Viña del Mar squad.
It is worth remembering that Belgrano announced the departure of Juan Cruz Real after a series of bad results. It was the president of El Pirata himself who was in charge of communicating this, after the loss to Independiente Rivadavia de Mendoza in Alberdi, by
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