Kevin Mac Allister, who scored in the first half, and Gastón Verón, in the second, gave the ‘Bicho Colorado’ the victory.
In this meeting, Vélez presented the return of Uruguayan defender Diego Godín, after two months that required recovery from a muscle injury, when he was incorporated into the previous list of his country’s team for the World Cup in Qatar.
As for the game in the first stage, it was intense and entertaining, in which the local team was the main protagonist due to the good movement of the ball and incisive attacks.
When those led by Alexander Medina managed to balance the actions, although with little offensive depth, Argentinos found a way to unbalance, after Mariano Bíttolo left due to a left knee injury (25 min), who was replaced by Luciano Sanchez.
Paraguayan center forward Gabriel Ávalos offered the first warning with a splendid header down and to the right of goalkeeper Lucas Hoyos, who also excelled in containing him (32 min).
By insisting so much, the ‘Bicho’ got away with it in the final passages of the opening chapter, with another intervention by Ávalos, this time as an assistant for the frank entry of Mac Allister, who won with a shot under the exit of Hoyos (47 min), validated by the intervention of the VAR after the referee Facundo Tello did not grant it due to the supposed advanced position of the local right back.
All this happened after the actions were interrupted for 4 minutes as a result of a middle-aged fan, who fell out of balance in the side stand of the stadium, for which the intervention of members of the Argentinian medical staff was necessary and the subsequent Transfer the patient to a nearby hospital.
The second period developed with characteristics similar to the first, only that Liniers’ men managed to disturb Federico Lanzillota with some arrivals, but La Paternal’s men knew how to increase the advantage when victory was complicated.
It was when a corner kick executed by Andrés Roa was connected by Verón with the outside of his right foot, anticipating Valentín Gómez, to overcome Hoyos’s resistance (35 min), to close a good season for the team and finish as a scorer of the same with 6 conversions.
For his part, Vélez, who still has to play the match with Central Córdoba, from Santiago del Estero, postponed from the 19th date, which will be held next Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., in the Bombonera where he will officiate as a local, as a visitor he closed the tournament winless, with six draws and eight falls.
Argentinos was fourth in the annual table with 67 points, two more than Huracán and Gimnasia (LP). If either of the two resigns points in their commitments tomorrow, with Patronato and Talleres (C) respectively, El Bicho will be in the Libertadores 2023. If instead they both win and overcome it, they will play the Sudamericana.
Source: Ambito
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