Independiente lost undefeated after falling 2-1 Argentinos Juniors this Thursday at the Diego Armando Maradona stadiumin the continuity of the third date of the Professional League.
Thiago Nuss opened the account for the premises, but before the break Leandro Benegas equalized for Eduardo Domínguez’s team; already in the plugin, Fausto Vera gave the victory to Bicho, who has six unitstwo more than his loser, who had a weak game.
With a full court, the start of the match had Gabriel Milito’s team -from the past in Independiente as a player and DT- with greater control of the gamealthough he lacked depth and only hinted with crosses that were primarily looking for the head of big man Gabriel Avalos.
El Rojo, completely in white, wore a match from midfield onwards, so the two Leandros, Benegas and Fernández, remained a bit isolated and awaited the game that Soñora and Poblete, as well as the full-backs Vigo and Lucas Rodríguez, could offer. But none of them associated, that Independiente felt it and thus they transformed goalkeeper Federico Lanzillota almost into a luxury spectator.
The truth was that the minutes passed and the arrivals at the arches were conspicuous by their absence. until a play from the left ended with a half clearance by Poblete, Vera returned it to the area, Avalos dressed as an assistant and served it to Nuss, who with a tremendous right hand broke the resistance of the Uruguayan Sosa.
It was the first dangerous action of the night and ended in a goal. However, the play took more than three minutes to review by the VARwhich finally validated the local conquest.
The match was not attractive, although from the advantage Argentinos Juniors looked better planted. In fact, Avalos lacked the confidence to increase the result, something that Vera had left over, who after a lateral kick took a shot that came out grazing Sosa’s right post.
But before the break, surprisingly Independiente reached equality, also on his first arrival of real danger, after a corner from the right that Barreto headed down and Benegas slapped the net alone before the impotence of the local goalkeeper. With very little, Domínguez’s men pardoned the game.
Already in the plugin, the fog was present in La Paternal, but that did not cloud the admitted Galarza, who in a big run through the center dragged marks and enabled Vera, the steering wheel rocked with class against a defender and took a shot that slipped into the right post of Sosa. A real hit.
He responded to the visit with tepid arrests from Fernández and Poblete, but it was not enough to tie a match that el Bicho won well to get into the shooting guard lot, one point behind leaders Newell’s Old Boys -which he will face in Rosario on the next date- and Students of La Platawho will visit Independiente this Monday.