In a duel crucial to their cup aspirations, Vélez Sarfield beat Boca Juniors 2-0 in Liniers, by date 18 of the Professional Football League (LPF).
Federico Mancuello near the end of the first stage and the admitted Cristian Tarragona about the epilogue lThey gave the victory to Mauricio Pellegrino’s team, who thus climbed to the podium of the table of positions when reaching 31 units.
With one point less, Sebastián Battaglia’s team played badly, was handcuffed by his rival for 90 minutes, was far from the leader River Plate and now I would bet everything to fight for the classification to the Copa Libertadores.
At the start, a very stuck game was seen in an overcrowded midfield, with few arrivals of risk to the areas. Although the host dominated slightly and both Mancuello and Almada tried to make offensive plays, it was Xeneize that had the first approach at Pavón’s feet, although without major consequences.
Precisely the Cordovan attacker tried to go down a few meters to associate with Almond, who in turn I was trying to be the lynchpin in the Battaglia team, that contributed few incursions of its flanks in attack, reason why the youthful Vázquez -the hope of a goal in the Ribera club- it was too lonely up as a reference and was absorbed by the last Velez line.
After a while, Weigandt collided with an opponent, dislocated his right shoulder and should have been replaced by another youth, Eros Mancuso. Despite the circumstance, the store -which barely hinted with attacking- it still did not disturb Agustín Rossi.
With both sets neutralizing each other and the process bordering on boredom, the first shot hit a bow. And it was a goal from Vélez. The play started on the right with a Poblete center that was cleared by a Boca defender, and finished on the other hand with a left foot from Mancuello that grazed on Izquierdoz and stuck at an angle. The Fort was thus in advantage to the changing rooms.
Boca came out in the complement a little more determined in search of the Hoyos arch. And he had his first chance when Ramirez -not entirely comfortable well attached to the stripe- launched a shipment from the left that Vazquez -on his only scoring chance in the whole game- could not take advantage of head.
Right away, Mancuello made a pile, got into the xeneize area and the Colombian Fabra achieved in a prodigious way clear the danger. But the former Independiente continued to do his thing and a great play in partnership with Bouzat ended with Almada’s high shot.
Battaglia moved the bench, took out Ramírez (injured again in his left knee) and Pavón and put in the boy Molina and Briasco. Even so, the Fort – well planted in defense and with a goalkeeper who never went down – came back in danger after a free kick from Almada that Janson headed a little wide.
Boca still lacked spicy because Almond, thrown a few meters behind, it was not as decisive as in other commitments. To make matters worse, the Battaglia team escaped from a penalty and kept ten after Rojo slapped the kid Orellano in the face, who entered the race inside the area and was about to subdue Rossi.
And after the income of Centurión and Jara (two former Boca) came the final blow from the Pellegrino team, concretized by Tarragona, another admitted, who on the left defined low to the goalkeeper’s post and gave the victory to Fortín, which displaced a Xeneize from third place that in the night of Liniers It looked without game or shine.
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