Argentinos beats Vélez and turns on the fight for Zone A of the League Cup

The date of the League Cup classics continues this Monday with two matches between Defense and Justice against Arsenal in Florencio Varela and in the second round, Argentinos Juniors against Vélez, in La Paternal. These are the details of these matches on the seventh day of the tournament.

Defense and Justice 1-1 Arsenal

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Defense and Justice, one of the cheerleaders of the tournament, suffered from his own expulsion and ended up giving up a draw against an enthusiastic Arsenal (1-1), in a match corresponding to the seventh date of the Professional Football League Cup (LPF) . In one of the interzonal matches of the day, Florencio Varela’s cast seemed to be on track to reach the top of zone A of the competition, with a penalty converted by Adonis Frías (Pt. 4m.). However, a subsequent expulsion of Nazareno Colombo (St. 14m.) complicated the plans for DT Sebastián Beccacece’s team and the Sarandí team reached parity, through Gonzalo Goñi (St. 26m.). With this result, the Hawk, which has 14 games without losing as a local, has 14 units in its group, as well as Unión de Santa Fe, and both are escorts of the leader Racing Club (15). In return, Arsenal, who came from a worrying elimination in the Argentine Cup against the substitutes of Chaco For Ever, accumulates 7 points in zone B and is far from the leading positions.

True to his generous proposal, in which he intends to combine audacity, practicality and forcefulness, Defense came out to press up. With a 4-1-4-1 tactical scheme, the local team sought to hurt down the wings and in one of their first incursions they generated danger, with an overflow by Pizzini from the right that hit Navas’ hand. The referee Lamolina sanctioned the pertinent penalty and the execution, in charge of Frías, opened the pentagram to the Hawk. Arsenal, which took the field with a 5-4-1 drawing, was forced to modify that cautious scheme, advancing the kid Facundo Kruspzky a few meters, who sought to join Sebastián Lomónaco and generate risks to a local defense that did not resign that intention to always go out playing, even with the advantage already consummated. Thus, Leonardo Madelón’s team had their chances clear and, precisely, with shots from Kruspzky and Damián Pérez, in that first stage, Unsaín became the protagonist.

The hinge play of the match occurred at 14m. of the second period, when Colombo shortened a pass to his goalkeeper; Lomónaco stole it from him and as the striker headed for the fence he was lightly touched by the defender. Conclution? The referee Lamolina sanctioned the expulsion and Beccacece’s men went on to star in the match from another perspective. Arsenal, with great stubbornness, charged towards the opponent’s fence, turned the goalkeeper of the Hawk and arrived at equality, in a maneuver plagued by rejections and rebounds, until the defender Goñi put a sablazo that hit the crossbar and stung inside, at 26m. From then until the end, the visiting team continued to play in the rival field and showed the best chances to unbalance, but Unsaín always appeared to disrupt any offensive attempt.

Defense and Justice will play on Wednesday the 30th of this month in Córdoba against Sacachispas, from the First National, in a match of the 32nd. final of the Argentine Cup. For its part, Arsenal will visit Boca Juniors during the first weekend of April, in a match for the eighth round of the LPF Cup.

Formations:

Defense and Justice: Ezekiel Unsain; Nicolás Tripichio, Adonis Frías, Nazareno Colombo and Alexis Soto; Kevin Gutierrez; Francisco Pizzini, Tomás Galván, Walter Bou and Carlos Rotondi; Michael Merentiel. DT: Sebastian Beccacece.

Arsenal: Axel Werner; Julián Navas, Christian Chimino, Gonzalo Goñi, Lucas Suárez and Damián Pérez; Lucas Brochero, Mauro Pittón, Dardo Miloc and Facundo Kruspzky; Sebastian Lomonaco. DT: Leonardo Madelon.

Referee: Nicholas Lamolina.

Stadium: Defense and Justice.

TV: TNT Sports.

Argentinians – Velez

The second turn of this matchday, Argentinos Juniors and Vélez Sarsfield meet at La Paternal in search of the same objective: to return to victory in the Professional League Cup. The duel is played in the stadium Diego Armando Maradonawith Fernando Rapallini as referee, and is televised by Fox Sports Premium.

El Bicho has gone four rounds without winning in Zone 1 with two draws and two losses, the last 1-0 at home against Defense and Justice. In the middle, Gabriel Milito’s team won the Copa Argentina against Olimpo, but in the League Cup they are in debt in which they are eighth in their group. The captain and defender of Argentinos, Miguel Torrén, is still out due to a trauma to the right iliac crest.

For its part, Fortín comes from two draws in a row: 1-1 against Estudiantes de La Plata and 0-0 against Arsenal with a poor performance and remains last in Zone 2. Mauricio Pellegrino, DT of Vélez, can count on the Uruguayans Matías De los Santos and Sebastián Sosa Sánchez, who recovered from their respective injuries.

Formations:

Referee: Fernando Rapalini.

Stadium: Argentine Juniors

TV: Fox Sports Premium.

POSITIONS:

With information from Telam

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