José Manuel López marked the opening for “Granate” in the first half, and Diego Valeri and Maximiliano González increased in the second. Marcelo Benítez discounted for Central, near the end of the game.
Prior to kick-off, Rosario Central’s goalkeeper Gaspar Servio had to take off the white socks he had on over his long black socks, as they are not allowed to be worn when they are not of a uniform color. That is why he changed the socks for white ones, which delayed the start of the match for 6 minutes.
Then, with intense and balanced actions, the game began in the south of Greater Buenos Aires, while the protagonists sought to affirm themselves in the respective proposals made by the tactical leaders of each side.
The ones who were able to develop it the fastest were Rosario, who after 13 minutes required the opportune interventions of goalkeeper Fernando Monetti twice in a row: first by a shot by Luciano Ferreyra, from outside the area, and after the rebound, by Marcelo Benítez arriving from the left.
Later it was the defender Facundo Almada who demanded the local goalkeeper by connecting a cross from a corner kick with a tremendous header to the lower right corner, at 25 minutes.
After these situations, those led by Jorge Almirón reacted and the historic scorer of “Grana” José Sand appeared with another of his attributes: assists.
So it turned out that with two of his passes the team reached the visiting goal, first with a warning and then with the opening, all in two minutes.
About 26 minutes “Pepe” made a change of front for Braian Aguirre to arrive and define with a powerful delivery that crashed into the crossbar; and at 28 he overflowed to the left and put the center low so that López, the other correntino scorer, converted.
This affected Rosario Central, who became disorderly and showed a slight reaction only towards the end of the initial stage, against an opponent who gradually grew in his game to predominate in development.
In the complement, with the tactical change made by Leandro Somoza (ex-Lanús) with the entry of striker Lucas Gamba for midfielder Walter Montoya, Central began to predominate and advance with more depth.
Although as in the first half, at the best moment of the visit Lanús knew how to deal another blow with a new participation of Sand.
This time it was done by the 41-year-old veteran who will turn 42 on July 17, by recovering a ball that seemed lost and giving Lautaro Acosta a back pass, which made it easier for him to assist Valeri so that he converted with a strong shot low before the stunned Servio, at 15 minutes.
In this way, the attacking midfielder scored his first goal on his return to the club after 10 seasons in the United States MLS and the one that received a long standing ovation when he was replaced at 22 minutes by the youthful midfielder Mateo Sanabria (18 years old).
Sand also received a similar ovation, another of those idolized by the local bias, when he was replaced by defender Yonathan Cabral, with which Almirón tried to maintain the double advantage, at 31 minutes.
Later, Lanús closed the game and decorated the win with a header from Maximiliano González (17 years old) to convert his first goal in the first division, at 35 minutes.
Meanwhile, Rosario’s men had a clear opportunity to discount with a shot by Gamba that crashed into the base of the left pipe of the local goal, midway through the final stage.
Until near the close Benítez managed to point out, at 41 minutes, the discount for a team that was unbalanced because its offensive proposal was acceptable, but with a very weak defense.
While Lanús since its triumph against Barcelona, from Guayaquil (3-1), for the South American Cup and the subsequent tie in one with Boca for the local tournament, it is showing a better performance compared to the weak performances in the first games of the cycle. of the returned coach Jorge Almirón.
Source: Ambito
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