Unión defeated Arsenal 1-0 on Thursday in Sarandí, in a frictionless match for the 22nd. date of the Professional Soccer League and got into the fight to reach the qualifying positions for the South American Cup.
With this victory, Unión reached 28 points, while Arsenal remains at the bottom of the table with 19, a figure that brought relief to San Lorenzo, which thus avoided becoming the bottom of the tournament.
Both teams, with a very weak present, went out to look for the game with all their deficiencies and arrived at the rival goal exclusively with a set ball. And that system almost made Unión happy in the first half when goalkeeper Alejandro Medina missed a cross that was cleared by a teammate.
Unión was asserting itself in the midfield and began to reach the Medina goal as in a very good shot by Enzo Roldán, a midfielder on loan from Boca Juniors, who went very close to the post.
The boy from Boca was one of the most mobile and quick to capture the rebounds, so he again had an opportunity that went just over the crossbar.
Uruguayan Gustavo Munúa planned the match to fill the Arsenal area with centers for his two 9s: Juan Manuel García and Nicolás Cordero, who won almost the entire first half.
In the second half, the level of the game fell a lot, to the point that there were lapses of several minutes in which the teams could not give three consecutive passes.
Both technicians made changes seeking greater depth and better possession of the ball, but the players continued to lend each other the ball, although Union won some game with the entry of Kevin Zenón.
Finally, the award came to those led by Munúa in the 91st minute and pure sacrifice, when Gastón González took a rebound in the Arsenal area, hit him hard, a defender gave another rebound, the ball went to Emanuel Brítez, his violent shot he was saved by goalkeeper Medina but the Santa Fe defender threw himself towards the ball and scored the only goal.
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