New winds began to blow in Rosario. Half of the city was attentive to what was going to be a pivotal match for being the first after the retirement of Maxi Rodríguez and Nacho Scocco, added to the debut of Javier Sanguinetti. And in the midst of a generalized expectation, Newell’s left a good image in the premiere against Defense and Justice in the LPF Cup: it cost him more than necessary, but he took a great victory in the Coloso by Francisco González’s 1-0. Yes, like Pancho at home.
The red controversy of Merlos
The red one that wasn’t: Colombo’s kick to Garro was for yellow.
Despite the absence of the two idols and the change in coach, La Lepra performed better than Halcón, runner-up in the last Professional League tournament. In the first half, he had movement and a very clear idea was seen: press high to prevent his rival from playing comfortably and exploit the wings with the speed of Francisco González and Juan Garro on the wings to carry crosses.
Unsain’s shortcut
Before the controversial expulsion of Nazareno Colombo for a kick to Garro, the locals deserved to open the scoring. Is that had several opportunities to get ahead: a header from Cristian Lema, a shot over the crossbar from Nicolás Castro -the most dangerous man in the first stage-, added to another header from 10.
Panchito’s goal for 1-0
The ones from Varela? After the red, Sebastián Becaccece tried to accommodate, something complicated due to the difficulties to connect between the lines: Kevin Gutiérrez entered, Raúl Loaiza went to the bottom and Francisco Pizzini went through the middle. But nevertheless, the only way to reach the opposite goal was through shots from outside the area by Miguel Merentiel and Walter Bouthe most incisive above.
It was red for Pablo Pérez in the PT
Pablo Pérez enters badly and wins the yellow card, although it was for red.
In the complement, Ñuls continued to go against a defender who, as the minutes went by, fell further and further behind. And from so much going, he ran into a good cross and the appearance of Panchito at the far post to hit a header that blew up Marcelo Bielsa. Thus, he started the tournament with everything and is excited about the image he showed to his fans.
