With a goal by Gabriel Alanís 27 minutes into the first half, the “Halcón” won and reached 59 points in the annual table, a figure that placed him in the South American for the seventh consecutive year. And that achievement was highly celebrated in Florencio Varela.
Unión, for its part, is suffering a pronounced slump that is evident in its offensive anemia: in eight of the last 12 games it has not scored goals. But in addition, coach Gustavo Munúa is playing for continuity in the last games of this championship.
The tatengue leadership must also fix before the end of the year the renewal of the contracts of several of its holders such as Diego Polenta, goalkeepers Santiago Mele and Sebastián Moyano, Claudio Corvalan and Jonatan Alvez, among others.
At the time of the game, Defense, already under the technical direction of Julio Vaccari, maintains an offensive posture and the intention of being the protagonist and thus showed it from the beginning when Soto and “Uvita” Fernández demanded Mele, who had to sweat to prevent the opening of the marker.
Vaccari bet on the arrival of midfielders like Alanís, Togni and Duarte to accompany the only striker with a tradition like “Uvita”. On the Unión side, Munúa sought to open the field with Zenón and Luna Diale to feed the Paraguayan Junior Marabel.
Defense got to the goal quickly, when Kevin Gutiérrez stole a ball, he threw a long pass to Togni that overflowed like a wing, shot the center, “Uvita” headed, Mele rebounded and Alanís put it into the goal finishing high.
From that moment and until the end of the first stage, Unión tried to reach the goal defended by Unsaín, but found the firmness of Gutiérrez and Julián López, who recovered everything, in addition to an interesting defensive stability.
This is one of the differences between Vaccari’s management and that of Sebastián Beccacece, since now Defense tries not to be unprotected when he goes to look for the rival goal and the pressure is not so high: no Halcón forward was seen going to squeeze Mele, as it happened before.
There is greater firmness in the defenders, the full-backs take turns going on the attack, while Gutiérrez and López seek to become owners of the midfield since their recovery.
Munúa moved the bench just after 10 minutes of the ST and ordered the entry of Cañete, Castrillón and Peralta Bauer in offensive positions to shake up their leaders and look for a more feverish attitude when looking for a tie.
From those changes, Unión gained control of the ball, but only Bucca with a strong shot from outside the area managed to make Unsaín wallow, while the rest of the actions died at the feet of Varela’s defenders.
With the passing of the minutes and the contribution of Alanís and Gutiérrez, the local balanced the actions and demanded Mele in a couple of plays, who became the figure of the tatengue.
Those led by Vaccari kept the Santa Fe team away and with the passing of the minutes the local victory and qualification for the South American Championship for the seventh consecutive year became inexorable.
Source: Ambito
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