He Closing Tournament It has already entered the final stretch of the initial phase and the 13th day begins with three games. Racing receives Aldosivi in it Avellaneda Cylinder. Later, starting at 9:15 p.m., Argentinos Juniors will crash against Newell’s in The Fatherlywhile Lanus will do the same against Godoy Cruz in The Fortress.
At the beginning of date 13 of the Clausura Tournament, Racing beat 1-0 Aldosiviin it Avellaneda Cylinder. With this result, the Academy reached 18 points and got into the playoff positions of the Zone A; while the Shark continues last with only 9 units.
In a meeting in which Gustavo Costas used a formation with a majority of substitutes due to the first leg duel of the semi-finals of Libertadores Cup in view of Flamengo (Wednesday the 22nd at 9:30 p.m.), the local team used the same strategy: constantly attacking. The first dangerous chance came after 12 minutes with a shot from Luciano Vietto after a side kick that was covered very well Jorge Carranza.
A few minutes later, Aldosivi reacted with a distant shot Natanael Guzman which he bagged without problems Facundo Cambeses. Immediately, those commanded by Guillermo Farré They counterattacked and were close to scoring, but Just Giani The play ended badly by making a mistake in the pass.
After half an hour of play, the cast of Avellaneda He was close to opening the scoring in a fortuitous way. After a center Gaston Martirena from the right, the visiting defender, Yonathan Cabralalmost put the ball in his own goal. Shortly after, the VAR requested the presence of the referee Sebastian Zunino for a possible hand of Fernando Roman within the area of Aldosivi. The judge considered that “player number 28 made an additional move” with his arm, according to his explanation to the stadium, and decided to sanction a penalty in favor of the home team. The person in charge of executing the maximum penalty was Vietto, who displayed his entire category to establish the 1-0. The striker trotted towards the ball and hit it to inflate the net..
In the last play of the first half, the players Aldosivi They protested an action similar to that Zunino sanctioned the penalty for Racing after the ball hit the elbow of Marcos Di Cesare after a center from Guzmán, but the VAR, in charge of Diego Ceballosdid not call the referee to review the action and let the game continue.
On plugin startup, racing He showed himself dominating the process. Even after 10 minutes, Vietto came close to extending the lead when he finished off a low cross from Martirena first, but the ball went just wide.
However, the Mar del Plata team responded. Tobías Cervera connected with his head in an aerial delivery and demanded Cambeses, who stretched and sent the ball to the corner kick with a spectacular flight. In the reply, Adrián Balboa was one-on-one with Carranza, he eluded him, but when he finished he went wide and the 2-0 was lost.
Finally, despite the visitors’ attempts to equalize the score, there were no more emotions on the night and those from Avellaneda were left with three fundamental points for the tournament.
Regarding the Annual Table, those led by Gustavo Costas reached 46 points and established themselves among those classified in the South American Cup. The Mar del Plata team, for its part, has 24 and would be descending that way.
The next commitment for Racing will be an international one: they will play the first leg of the Copa Libertadores semi-finals, on Wednesday against Flamengo at the Maracaná. Aldosivi, for his part, will play a duel against Independiente Rivadavia for the local competition.
Trainings:
Referee: Sebastian Zunino
VAR: Diego Ceballos
Stadium: Cylinder of Avellaneda, Juan Domingo Perón
TV: TNT Sports
Starting at 9:15 p.m., Argentinos Juniors will crash against Newell’s in it Diego Armando Maradona Stadium from La Paternal. The main referee will be Felipe Viola and TNT Sports will be in charge of transmitting the match.
He Bug comes from suffering a tough defeat against Defense and Justicesomething that added to the goalless draw against Central Córdoba (SdE). This fall deprived them of placing themselves in classification positions at the Libertadores Cup: He was fourth with 48 units, one of River Plate. At the same time, the cast of Nicholas Diez They are ninth in zone A with 15 points and are out of the qualifying spots for the final phase.
On the other side, Newell’s He arrives with a worrying present. The Leprosy They haven’t won in four games and have only two victories in the Clausura Tournament. After the tough 5-0 defeat on Boca Juniorsthe team Christian Ogre Fabbiani tied 1-1 against Tiger. The Rosario team is in 14th place in group A.
Possible formations
Argentinos Juniors: Sergio Romero; Leandro Lozano, Francisco Álvarez, Erik Godoy, Sebastián Prieto; Nicolás Oroz, Lucas Gómez, Alan Lescano; Hernán López Muñoz, Tomás Molina, Diego Porcel or Ismael Sosa. DT: Nicolás Diez.
Newell’s: Juan Espínola; Alejo Montero, Saúl Salcedo, Víctor Cuesta, Martín Luciano; Martín Fernández, Luca Regiardo; Facundo Guch, Gonzalo Maroni, Luciano Herrera; Carlos González. DT: Cristian Fabbiani.
Referee: Felipe Viola
VAR: Alvaro Carranza
Stadium: Diego Armando Maradona
Hour: 21.15
TV: TNT Sports
At the same time, Lanus crashes against Godoy Cruz in The Fortress. Pablo Giménez is the main referee and the transmission is in charge of ESPN Premium.
He Garnet comes to the match after two important victories: 2-1 over Saint Lawrence and 2-0 against Independent in Avellaneda. This allowed it to climb to eighth place in the annual table with 43 points and second place in group B with 23 points, just one behind Deportivo Riestra. However, the looks of the team Mauricio Pellegrino They are focused on the semifinal of the South American Cup against University of Chile.
On the other side, Godoy Cruz comes from a goalless draw against Independent Rivadavia in the Mendoza classic. This stretched their streak to five games without winning, where they tied four times. He Tomb It is in 28th place in the annual table, with 27 points, and is four away from relegation.
Formations
Lanus: Nahuel Losada; Armando Méndez, José Canale, Ezequiel Muñoz, Luciano Romero; Gonzalo Pérez, Ramiro Carrera, Lautaro Acosta, Dylan Aquino; Alexis Canelo and Rodrigo Castillo. DT: Mauricio Pellegrino.
Godoy Cruz: Franco Petroli; Lucas Arce, Mateo Mendoza, Federico Rasmussen, Juan Moran; Facundo Altamira, Vicente Poggi, Maximiliano González, Nicolás Fernández; Misael Sosa and Agustín Auzmendi. DT: Walter Ribonetto.
Referee: Pablo Gimenez
VAR: Gastón Monsón Brizuela
Stadium: Néstor Díaz Pérez, La Fortaleza
TV: ESPN Premium
POSITIONS OF THE CLOSING TOURNAMENT AND THE ANNUAL TABLE
