Professional League: Defense and Students tied in Varela | El Halcón opened the account at the end of the first part and the people from La Plata tied it right away before going to rest

Defensa y Justicia, third, and Estudiantes de La Plata, fourth, tied this afternoon 1-1 at Florencio Varela for the 16th. date. The locals, with one player less due to the expulsion of Kevin Gutiérrez at 22 minutes, opened the scoring at 37m. with both from Nicolás Fernández and the visit equalized at 45 (+2) through Benjamín Rollheiser, the figure of the match.

The “Halcón”, undefeated for six dates, remains behind River (37) and the guard San Lorenzo (32) with 29 units, while Estudiantes, who accumulates eight without losing in the domestic tournament, is fourth with one less (28).

Talleres and Belgrano, fifth and sixth with 27, have the chance to surpass them today if they beat the two Argentine soccer giants. The “T” will be River’s local at Mario Alberto Kempes at 9:30 p.m. and the “Pirata” will visit La Bombonera from 7:00 p.m.

In line with their good presents, Defensa and Estudiantes provided a show in Varela: goals, arrivals, collective actions, errors and incidents in the dynamics of a direct game.

The local imposed its starting conditions but was conditioned by the expulsion of “Facha” Gutiérrez, who took Rollheiser’s shirt as he escaped towards the goal. Referee Leandro Ley Hilfer checked on the screen that he fell within the law of last resort and showed him the red card.

The DT of Estudiantes, Eduardo Domínguez, took out a central marker (Santiago Núñez) to locate José Sosa and get more play and circulation against a rival in numerical inferiority. His team was left in a dominant position, with Rollheiser as the most influential footballer on offense.

However, Defense was the first to find the goal due to an error. “Corcho” Rodríguez badly delivered a ball backwards, “Uvita” Fernández received the ball outlined to the goal, scattered Mariano Andújar and defined with a high shot that made the defenders’ closure sterile.

Estudiantes intensified the search and reached equality in the last attack of the first half: the Uruguayan Méndez dropped a ball in the area, Unsain covered Sosa’s first definition and Rollheiser billed the rebound with a dry right hand.

Always with the ambition to win, Domínguez ordered the entry of striker Mauro Boselli for Zuqui at the start of the second half, while Julio Vaccari reinforced the defense with Darío Cáceres for Solari (forward).

After a minute, “Pincha” had the clearest way to win it but between the goalkeeper, Tomás Cardona and the crossbar they aborted Rollheiser’s goal.

Defense assumed a more conservative stance in the final part and bet on the runs of “Uvita” Fernández to surprise an opponent who clearly dominated the development but without forcefulness for the finish.

Due to the situation in which the match took place, Estudiantes withdrew with a bitter feeling. They added their eighth game without beating “Halcón” and extended their losing streak at the Norberto “Tito” Tomaghello stadium, where they barely won once (1-0 in 2015).