Defensa y Justicia defeated Tigre 1-0 this Sunday and remains in the top positions of the Professional Soccer League. Forward Nicolás “Uvita” Fernández, with a masterful definition, scored the winning goal at the Norberto Tomaghello stadium, by Florencio Varela.
The Falcon thus cut two consecutive falls, reaching 36 points to rank sixth in the tournament and pursue the classification for continental cups. Tigre, with 25 points, suffered the fourth defeat in a row as a visitor.
The game was entertaining, with situations both in one arc and in the other. The difference was in a striker in a state of grace, like “Uvita” Fernández, who opened the scoring on the first occasion of the second half, through a good personal move that culminated in a brilliant resolution, 20 seconds into the game.
The former San Lorenzo has accumulated 10 goals in the tournament and had just scored a hat-trick in the 3-1 draw against Millonarios de Colombia to qualify for the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana.
El Halcón, who at the start of the game suffered the annulment of Santiago Solari’s goal due to a millimeter offside, according to a VAR review, also relied on the great performance of his goalkeeper, Enrique Bologna, replacing Ezequiel Unsaín, who He has just gone to the Mexican Necaxa.
The former River and Banfield excelled in the second half against a free kick taken by Aaron Molinas. And he also starred in a double cover on the stopped ball executed by Agustín Obando, with a subsequent rebound against Abel Luciatti.
Defense was dangerous after the 1-0 draw against the spaces that Tigre gave them and was about to convert the second with Gastón Togni’s shot that hit the crossbar.
At the end, Julio Vaccari’s team showed fatigue and Tigre cornered him, but could not break Bologna’s resistance. On the next date, Defense will visit Arsenal and Tigre will be local against Banfield.