San Lorenzo embittered Almirón’s debut in Boca and puts pressure on River

San Lorenzo won at home 1-0 at Mouth, in the debut of Jorge Almiron as DT “Xeneize”, and remained on the lookout for the River pointer, in a match played today at the Pedro Bidegain stadium, for the eleventh date of the tournament of the Professional League of Soccer (LPF) 2023.

Guillermo “Pol” Fernández, against his fence, 8 minutes into the initial stage, scored the goal for the “Azulgrana” team, after a shot by Iván Leguizamón that deflected off the Auriazul midfielder.

The visiting team ended up with ten players due to the expulsion of Jorge Nicolás Figal, 15 minutes into the match.

This way, San Lorenzo remained as River’s escort, to a single point, while Boca was far from the fight for the title.

After 8 minutes, without a mark due to the injury in the middle of Bruno Valdez’s play, Leguizamón with a phenomenal run and alone towards Sergio Romero’s goal, finished off and the ball bounced off “Pol” Fernández who ended up scoring against it.

After this bucket of cold water, Almirón’s team began to advance meters and approach the “Cyclone” area but without effectiveness.

After 20 minutes, Luca Langoni had the first clear for Boca with a hit on Rafael Pérez and a poor shot at the humanity of Augusto Batalla, the goalkeeper of Ruben Darío Insua’s team.

At 31, Darío Benedetto was hand in hand with the former River goalkeeper and defined deviated by the side of the “Azulgrana” goal, thus wasting a clear goal chance.

At the end of the first half, Agustín Sandez saw the direct red card after a vehement offense against Agustín Giay but, after a VAR review by Facundo Tello, the red card was removed and he was only booked.

Already in the second half, at 4, Sebastián Villa overflowed from the left side to send a floating cross towards the entrance of Luis Advíncula who, with a weak header, managed to make Batalla work, who quickly deflected the shot.

At 8, in a lethal counterattack, Andrés Vombergar went hand-in-hand with “Chiquito” Romero and, in his eagerness to define the changed stick, Nicolás Valentini swept to divert the ball to the corner.

Averaging 15 minutes of play, Figal saw the second yellow card and was sent off at “Xeneize”, who played with one less for half an hour against a San Lorenzo team that bet on the counterattack to hurt Almirón’s men.

At 33, after a carambola, the ball floated to Alan Varela in the big area for him to head and break the crossbar of the “Cuervo” goal.

Three minutes later, “Gallego” Insua’s team would have an opportunity of the same magnitude but at Vombergar’s feet, which the goalkeeper from Boca was able to contain after the impact on the upright.

The “Ciclón” will continue its path in the tournament when it visits the Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium to face Talleres de Córdoba while, on Jorge Almirón’s side, they will receive Estudiantes de La Plata at La Bombonera.