Velez surpassed Institute of Córdoba by 1 to 0, at the José Amalfitani Stadium, in a crucial duel for the eleventh day of the Professional Leaguewhich allowed him to reach the top.
Gustavo Quinteros’ team won with a penalty goal from Braian Romero, in a match marked by the dominance of the “Fortín” and the intervention of the VAR, which disallowed two goals for the home team.
From the beginning, Vélez came out with everything and exerted constant pressure on Diego Dabove’s men. Claudio Aquino was one of the most active in attack, first with a free kick that was saved by Manuel Roffo, and then generating danger in subsequent plays.
At 14 minutes, Fernando Alarcón committed a handball in the area and the referee did not hesitate to award a penalty. Braian Romero was in charge of converting with a powerful shot to the middle, putting “Fortín” ahead.
Minutes later, Romero scored again, this time on a counterattack, but the VAR intervened and disallowed the goal for offside.
Instituto, for its part, tried to react in the second half of the first half. Santiago Rodríguez had a clear opportunity in a one-on-one with goalkeeper Tomás Marchiori, but the Vélez goalkeeper responded impeccably to keep his goal at zero.
In the second half, although both teams had chances to change the score, the result did not change, since again at the end of the match the VAR disallowed another goal for “Fortín” that Aquino had scored but that was not validated after a previous foul.
Vélez added three important points, which left them as leaders of the table with 21 points, followed by Racing, Huracán and Talleres. Instituto, for their part, will try to recover in the next few games to stay in the fight for the top. At the moment they are in seventh position with 18 points, three behind the leader.
Summary of Vélez vs Instituto for the Professional League
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