Platense beat Unión de Santa Fe 1-0, which is fighting to qualify for next year’s Copa Sudamericana, and with these three points it continued to increase the average that is getting closer to permanence in the Professional Soccer League for the next year.
The two teams reached this 19th. date looking at different tables, the local one of the averages to reinforce theirs and consolidate their permanence, and the Santa Fe with the aspiration of adding three points and thus getting into the South American Cup qualifying zone.
In search of this last objective, the visitors threw themselves at Marcos Ledesma’s goal from the start of the game, and generated risky actions that could give them the first advantage.
But simultaneously with the decay of that initial effervescence of those led by the Uruguayan Gustavo Munúa, there was the consequent growth in the actions of Omar De Felippe’s men, and then the scoring options changed area.
Ignacio Schor missed it twice, the first due to a faulty shot and the second due to a great save by Sebastián Moyano, replacing the suspended Santiago Mele.
But when the first half was dying out, in the third minute of stoppage time, a good collective play by the locals drifted to the left on Paraguayan striker Jorge Benítez, who finished off over Moyano’s body and the goalkeeper offered weak resistance with his legs that ended with the ball in the back of the net.
With this encouragement, the locals came out to dispute the supplement, redoubling the bet of the last stretch of the initial stage with constant pressure in three quarters of the rival field that confused and left the visitors without answers.
That is why Munúa made variations when he saw that the complement was averaging and there was no reaction from his coaches.
But those admitted were slow to gain a foothold in the game and only Brayan Castrillón continued to worry the local defense with his skill and speed on the left.
And already in stoppage time he even had the opportunity to increase the homeowner with a penalty sanctioned by Hernán Mastrángelo after an apparent foul on Mauro Bogado that was reversed by the VAR.
