Rosario Central beat Huracán 1-0 tonight in an entertaining match played in a Gigante de Arroyito grocery store for the eighth date of Zone A of the League Cup and thus confirmed its resounding victory in the classic against Newell’s Old Boys, the last date.
Colombian striker Jaminton Campaz, 42 minutes into the first half, scored the winning goal that left his team expectant in the fight to qualify for the 2014 Copa Libertadores.
“Canalla”, undefeated at home for more than a year, equaled the line of the last classified (Defensa y Justicia, 53 points) but with a lower goal difference, while “Globo”, which ended up numerically inferior due to the expulsion of Lucas Carrizo complicated his situation with the relegation by annual table.
If Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata and Vélez Sarsfield, both with 37 points, at least tie on this day, Huracán will be in a tiebreaker situation to maintain the category.
Central and Huracán played a first half in which they handled the ball well and attacked, although they barely generated a handful of clear finishes.
The local team warned after three minutes with a high shot from Campaz and after five with a hook and a shot from Lovera, which passed near the upper left corner.
Huracán took control of the ball at times and played better in most of the initial stage, but its dominance barely translated into a header from Mazzantti, which Broun saved for the corner, at 27 minutes, after a cross from Benítez from the left.
Until at 41 minutes, the Colombian striker Campaz, who played on one leg because he apparently suffered from a blow suffered in the classic last date, threw a wall on the left of the area, O’Connor returned to him first and the Tumaqueño poked it with three fingers, with his left-handed boot, and the ball went past the goalkeeper and entered next to the far post.
A great goal that made Gigante de Arroyito explode, whose fans dedicated the entire night to celebrating last Saturday’s great victory over Newell’s.
The complement showed the best side of Central when the ball passed through the feet of Ignacio Malcorra, applauded for his goal in the classic, and Lovera, although Huracán reiterated passages of good play, especially with the entry of Roa, who had the The clearest play came in the 41st minute, but Broun kept his shot at the near post.
Central built its victory on Campaz’s great goal, on the solidity of its defenders Mallo and Quintana and on the moving display of its central midfielders Ortiz and Toledo and center forward Cervera.
Thus, as in the classic of last date, Central took perfect advantage of one of their few arrivals, which they defended tooth and nail and gave them another joy, which extends the undefeated streak in the Gigante de Arroyito to 25 games.
= Synthesis =
Rosario Central: Jorge Broun; Damián Martínez, Facundo Mallo, Carlos Quintana and Alan Rodríguez; Kevin Ortiz and Agustín Toledo; Tomás O’Connor, Maximiliano Lovera and Jaminton Campaz; Tobias Cervera. DT: Miguel Ángel Russo.
Hurricane: Lucas Chaves; Lucas Souto, Fernando Tobio, Lucas Carrizo and Guillermo Benítez; Alan Soñora, Rodrigo Echeverría, Williams Alarcón and Walter Mazzantti; Tomás Alfonso and Matías Cóccaro. DT: Diego Martínez.
Goal in the first half: 42m. Campaz (RC).
Changes in the second half, at the beginning, Ignacio Malcorra for Campaz (RC); 15 m. Andrés Roa for Alfonso (H); 19m. Fabricio Oviedo for O’Connor (RC); 27m. Marcos Pérez for Alarcón (H); 28m. Octavio Bianchi for Cervera (RC) and Juan Cruz Komar for Damián Martinez (RC); 37m. Federico Fattori for Benítez (H) and 40m. Agustín Sández for Lovera (C).
Reprimanded: Malcorra and Bianchi (RC). Echeverría (H).
Incidence in the second half: 46m. Carrizo (H) expelled.
Referee: Fernando Rapallini.
VAR: Hernán Mastrángelo.
Stadium: Gigante de Arroyito.
Source: Ambito
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