Newell’s He once again lacked offensive fire this Monday and tied without goals on their visit to Platensefor 11th in group B of the League Cup, which for now has Lepra outside the classification zone to the second round.
It was a duel against a direct rival in the bid to get into the quarterfinals, where the Squid occupies that last passage, with the Red and Black one point away although with the latent objective of also entering the South American Cup although with only one unit harvested in the last two presentations for Gabriel Heinze’s team.
The leprous team decided, at the beginning, to stand as firmly as possible in the field; and when recovering, leave fast on the counter, especially on the left with Brian Aguirre but without hurting.
Nor did he do it much when he could attack with more control and patience, since he played well from time to time but fell back on the pauses from Aguirre or the centers to Jorge Recalde that never came clean. And behind him he disowned the long deliveries of the local team, which has been undefeated for six games and is avoiding relegation.
Only at 26 did a long ball arrive for the run of Panchito Gonzalezwhich enabled He controlled well and shot, but at the body of Ramiro Macagno who rejected it with a good reaction. And ten minutes later there was another shot on goal, from Guillermo Ortiz, but it was after a corner, forced and without danger.
The complement started off agitated, with Platense more determined and sharp but the Rojinegro also willing to answer, with Stand out as a lighthouse. In fact, a header from the Paraguayan was the clearest of the visit in that section where the two could have opened the scoring.
As the minutes passed, the game lost intensity butThe two of them saved the best for last: A red and black burst with two arrivals could have given them a key victory but there was a lack of precision, and the local response could have also come the goal that finally no one shouted.
As a note on the final stretch of the game, Aguirre He stopped in a rush, grabbed the back of his left thigh with a look of pain and immediately asked for the changegenerating concern for what is to come.
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2023-10-31 04:06:20
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