Miguel Ángel Russo began this Friday a new stage in Rosario Central corroborating the famous saying “a coach who makes his debut wins”, which also applies to 66-year-old coaches with a past at the club, since this is nothing less than the fifth cycle of the DT in the Rosario Academy.
Central defeated Argentinos Juniors 1-0 at the Gigante de Arroyito, giving life to a new edition of the Argentine Soccer First Division Championship, also known as Professional League 2023.
Nothing was left over for Russo’s team against Gabriel Milito’s, who this year will be playing Copa Libertadores after a great campaign in 2022. The only goal of the match came after 19 minutes, with a perfect header from Uruguayan attacker Jhonatan Candiawho later had to retire injured -shortly before halftime-.
The difference play was started by an error by the experienced central defender and captain of Bicho, Miguel Torrén (34)who extended an outing under pressure from the kid Fabricio Oviedo (18 years old; eighth game in the First Division and third as a starter) and she ended up losing to the Paraguayan with the big nickname, Alana “Coyote” Rodríguez. The Guarani left-hander, who arrived from Cerro Porteño for this season, hit a cross for the very beautiful arrival of Candia while all of La Paternal lamented their own mistake.
With the advantage, Central was convinced of what was already his initial proposal: prioritizing his own goal. This was reflected in some statistics of the match: Argentinos finished the match with 76% of possession while tripled their rival in shots (18-6)..
The clearest ones that El Bicho had ended up annulled due to some very fine forward positions (Central also had a goal annulled via VAR), well indicated by the referee Yael Falcón Pérez, who absurdly sent off Leonardo Heredia at the end of the match on the visit.
This being the case, for Gaby Milito’s team there will be the consolation of the good performance shown by the frill trio made up of Federico Redondo, son of “Prince” Fernando, Gastón Verón and Thiago Nuss.
Central, who cannot be neglected in the averages and comes from losing good values like Facundo Buonanotte (sold to Brighton in England), Lautaro Blanco (sold to Elche in Spain) and Mateo Tanlongo (free to Sporting in Portugal), will play again next Friday as a visitor to Tigre while Argentinos will seek revenge on Saturday against Racing at La Paternal .