racing he beat him this afternoon by 4 to 3 Defense and Justicein local condition, within the framework of the eighteenth date of the Professional League of Soccer, and was nine points behind the leader Vélez.
In the match played in Avellaneda, the Uruguayan Gastón Martirena opened the scoring at 31 minutes of play while Adrián Martínez, at 40 and 46, extended the lead.
In the complement, Matías Ramírez scored for ‘Halcón’ at 25 minutes and, at 31, Abiel Osorio scored the second for Florencio Varela’s team. Maximiliano Salas had made it 4-2 at 40 but, at 47, Aaron Molinas scored again for Defensa y Justicia.
With this result, Gustavo Costas’ team returned to victory in the local tournament and were nine points behind Vélez. On Thursday they will visit Corinthians of Brazil from 9:30 p.m. in São Paulo for the first leg of the semifinals of the Copa Sudamericana and, as for the Professional League, they will face Banfield on Sunday from 5:15 p.m. at the Florencio Sola stadium.
For its part, Defensa continues to stretch its dismal presence in the local tournament with 15 points that place it in second-to-last place in the table. For the eighteenth round of the Professional Soccer League, they will host River on Friday from 9 p.m. at the Norberto Tomaghello stadium.
After a start in which the ‘Halcón’ complicated the ‘Academy’ with the associated game and with a strong defensive block that prevented them from advancing meters, the Avellaneda team had a great opportunity to open the scoring with the penalty that the Referee Pablo Dóvalo penalized 15 minutes into the game for a handball by Emanuel Aguilera on a stopped ball.
The scorer Adrián Martínez took charge of the penalty and, with a shot to his left, ran into a great save by Enrique Bologna who guessed the forward’s intention and prevented the opening of the score.
However, Racing broke the deadlock in the 31st minute with a goal from Uruguayan Gastón Martirena. After a free kick by Luciano Vietto at the right corner of Florencio Varela’s area, the ball bounced off the barrier and was left to the defender who hit it first, putting the ball close to the right post of the Bologna goalkeeper.
Almost ten minutes later, Racing extended the advantage with the goal from Adrián Martínez who recovered from the missed penalty and from nine games without scoring in the Professional League. After a great cross from Santiago Solari from the right, the ball was left to the forward who, alone, headed across and placed the ball in the right corner of Bologna who only watched the ball enter.
At the end of the first half, Avellaneda’s team scored their third goal of the afternoon with Martínez’s goal, his second in the game. After a great counterattack, the forward was inside the area and crossed against Bologna who did not touch the ball to clear it.
In the second half, at 25 minutes, Defensa y Justicia scored with a goal from Matías Ramírez. After an overflow by Tobías Rubio on the right, taking out two defenders, Florencio Varela’s player opened the middle for Ramírez who cut inside and took a good low shot that slipped into the left post of goalkeeper Gabriel Arias.
At 31 minutes, the Uruguayan Martirena went past Matías Ramírez’s tackle in the area and ended up committing a penalty. Forward Abiel Osorio took charge and turned it into a goal.
With five minutes left, with Defensa y Justicia attacking to tie it, Racing reached 4-2 with Maximiliano Salas’ goal. After a great pass filtered between the lines by the Colombian Juan Fernando Quintero, the former All Boys forward went alone against the Bologna goalkeeper, eluded him and defined with the goal alone although Kevin Gutiérrez took it out from within and made the team authorities doubt. meeting.
Sintesis Racing vs Defense and Justice for the Professional League
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