racing bounced back with a win over Velez by 2 to 1, at home, in a match pending the seventeenth date of the professional leagueplayed tonight in Avellaneda.
Gabriel Hauche put Racing ahead, after 24 minutes of the first half, but Julián Fernández scored the temporary equality at 27. However, Gonzalo Piovi -from a penalty kick- again unbalanced in favor of the local at 38 of the part initial.
Thanks to this victory, Racing moved away from the bottom and was in the middle of the table, on the other hand, the current situation of Vélez is different, since it is penultimate in the annual table (along with Huracán and Banfield), just one point above Arsenal, which at the moment would be descending.
Racing’s victory was marked by some controversy, given that Vélez’s side claimed two penalties, not sanctioned by referee Leandro Rey Hilfer.
Fernando Gago’s team, which has reached 26 points, will continue its path in the tournament when it receives Barracas Central while Vélez will visit Tigre.
In the first half, at 23, Maximiliano Romero hit a header into the left corner of the Velezano goal and Gastón Gómez, in an attempt to prevent the ball from entering, cleared forward having to dispute possession of it against Jonathan Gómez who anticipated and gave the pass to the middle for Gabriel Hauche who secured and scored 1-0.
Three minutes after the opening of the scoring, Francisco Ortega faced the right sector, reaching the end of the racinguista area to put the pass behind, to the penalty mark, where Julián Fernández was, who defined the cross and tied the game for Vélez.
At 38, Leonardo Jara childishly pushed Nicolás Oroz in the area and Rey Hilfer sanctioned a penalty. Gonzalo Piovi was in charge, with a bombing, to transform the penalty in the 2-1 for the “Academy”.
In the second half, Vélez sought equality, but Racing withstood the onslaught and took a victory that gave him a bit of air to achieve the tranquility he was looking for.
Source: Ambito
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