Atlético de Tucumán defeated Newell’s yesterday by 2-0 at home, for the eleventh date of the Professional Soccer League, and took the leader’s plate. The goals of the team led by Lucas Pusineri were scored by Ramiro Ruiz Rodríguez and Renzo Tesuri in the complement to leave the Dean at the top of the standings with a four-point advantage.
The Tucuman team, leader with 25 points, achieved its sixth consecutive victory without conceding goals. In addition, the team started the tournament 3 points from relegation, today it is 17 units and got into the qualifying zone for the Copa Sudamericana.
At the beginning of the game, Newell’s sought the leading role and had a string of situations that could not be finalized first by Cristian Lema, then Ruiz Rodríguez, and, towards the end of the first half, Ramiro Sordo, due to failures in the definition but also for the good work of goalkeeper Carlos Lampe.
In the complement, at 73 minutes, Ruiz Rodríguez received a cross from behind at the penalty spot and broke the zero on the scoreboard for the Dean. A few minutes later Lotti had it to settle twice, first the stick denied him the goal and then he threw it over the crossbar.
In closing, when Newell’s was looking for a tie, with goalkeeper Franco Herrera in the Dean’s area, the clearance of a corner kick found Renzo Tesuri in a solo run and with the goal at his mercy he put the 2- 0 to the delirium of the public present at the José Fierro stadium.