In one of the advances of the date 22 of the Professional League, Vélez Sarsfield got some oxygen in his fight to escape to the bottom of the table, by defeating bottom team Arsenal 1-0 this Friday, in the debut of Sebastián Méndez as coach of the Fortin.
Liniers’ team ended a 13-match winless streak in the local tournament (6 draws, 7 losses) and leveled the Independiente line, in 24th place in the standings.
The admitted Santiago Castro, in the second period, stamped a half scissor in the area and overcame the resistance of the visiting goalkeeper to guarantee a celebrated and necessary victory.
The Velezano public lived a day of relief in the debut of “Gallego” Méndez as DT, after the controversial departure from Unión de Santa Fe to return to the club that formed him sportingly.
To the urgency of one and the other, the two technical bodies opposed similar tactical schemes. In this context, those led by Méndez found it difficult to abstract from the climate of tension prevailing in the stands.
Arsenal took note of these states of confusion and took advantage of Lautaro Guzmán’s speed to sow anxiety to the Uruguayan Burián’s fence.
However, the two clearest chances for Sarandí’s team came almost in a row, when the Colombian Flabián Londoño was very close to scoring.
On the first occasion, the striker outpaced Giannetti and dispatched a shot that bounced off the post. In the second, the attacker won before the goalkeeper came out and sent a pumped shot, which was subtracted on the line by Valentín Gómez.
To all this, Vélez looked sleepy. And only when the ball passed through the feet of the Prestianni boy, the local team set off the alarms, but it was difficult for them to develop fluid circuits and everything depended on individual arrests.
In the second half, the match leveled off. Prestianni kept trying and put in a shot from outside the area, which went just wide.
Then a climb by Francisco Ortega on the left allowed a pirouette by the admitted Castro, who inserted a pair of scissors and declared the victory of Vélez.
Velezana fight in the previous one
In the previous one, the fans of Velezanos called themselves this Friday in the vicinity of the José Amalfitani stadium and offered a day of protest against the leaders, whom they blame for a campaign that puts the Liniers entity in real danger of relegation.
Even with fences that prevented them from approaching the headquarters and the parking lot, supporters of Fortín protested, loudly, on the sidewalk that leads to Juan B. Justo Avenue at 9200.
The chosen target of the chants against was, without a doubt, President Sergio Rapisarda. But the entity’s sports secretary, former player Christian Bassedas, and the other members of the Board of Directors were also verbally harassed.
The protest took place peacefully and ended when the match with Arsenal was about to start.
Bad premiere of “Kily”
After the controversial departure of Sebastián Méndez, the debut of Cristian “Kily” González at the helm of Unión was not ideal, since the Santa Fe team fell 1-0 this Friday on their visit to Atlético Tucumán, for the 22nd date of the League Professional.
Thus, Lucas Pusineri’s team escaped from the bottom of the standings and prevailed against a direct rival.
The only change to the scoreboard occurred at the start of the match, when Mateo Coronel converted a penalty (penalized due to an infraction by Federico Vera on the same striker) to give Atlético Tucumán the first partial and then definitive advantage, in a duel that it was conspicuous by the absence of emotions in both areas.
With this victory, the Dean climbed to the twenty-first position with 24 points, while Unión was planted with 23 points.
On the next day, Atlético Tucumán will visit Huracán at Parque Patricios, while Tatengue will host Boca Juniors at the 15 de Abril Stadium.
2023-07-01 03:03:00
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