San Lorenzo beat Boca Juniors, who had Jorge Almirón on the substitute bench for the first time, 1-0, at Nuevo Gasómetros, in a duel corresponding to date 11 of the Professional League, and is the only guard de River, pointer of the contest.
Regarding the game, the “Cyclone” started the game better and opened the scoring before ten minutes. After a long ball from Rafael Pérez, Iván Leguizamón dived into space, winning the duel against Bruno Valdez, who suffered a muscle injury in full pursuit, entered the area and tried to put a pass into the middle, but the ball deflected off Pol Fernández and got into the near post of the goal defended by Sergio “Chiquito” Romero.
Faced with a disadvantage, Boca went in search of an equalizer and had clear chances through Luca Langoni and Darío Benedetto.
At the end of the first half, Agustín Sandez saw the direct red card after an infringement on Agustín Giay, but, after a review by Facundo Tello with the VAR, his card was taken away and he was only reprimanded.
In the second half, Sebastián Villa overflowed from the left flank to send a floating cross towards the entrance of Luis Advincula, who, with a weak header, managed to make Agustín Batalla work, who quickly deflected the shot.
A few minutes later, in a lethal counterattack, Andrés Vombergar went hand in hand with “Chiquito” Romero and, in his eagerness to define the changed stick, Nicolás Valentini swept to deflect the ball to the corner kick.
Averaging 15 minutes of play, Jorge Nicolás Figal saw the second yellow and was sent off at the “Xeneize”.
Despite having a man less, Boca came close to equalizing in the final minutes of the game when Alan Varela’s powerful header hit the crossbar.
In turn, the “Gallego” Insua team had a good opportunity to extend the advantage at the feet of Andrés Vombergar, but Sergio Romero excelled and avoided the goal.
Finally, San Lorenzo was left with the 1-0 victory and has 23 points, one less than River, the tournament leader. For its part, Boca was left with 15 points below the middle of the table.
