This Monday, the Halcón won with two goals in his visit to El Lobo for date 2 of the Argentina – Professional League 2023 tournament. The goals for the visitor were made by Santiago Solari (18′ 2T) and Nicolás Fernández (22′ 2T, criminal).
Santiago Solari earned applause with his brilliant finish 18 minutes into the second half. After receiving an assist from Kevin Gutiérrez, the midfielder placed it to the left post and below. Impossible for the goalkeeper!
Despite the fact that Defensa y Justicia won the duel, Gimnasia was superior, taking 18 shots but it was not enough to convert them into scores. According to the statistics, 9 reached the goal and 9 ended up outside.
Agustín Sant’Anna had a great performance. The Defensa y Justicia defender was important for taking 7 balls out of the danger area.
Another player who had a great game was Ezequiel Unsain. The Defensa y Justicia goalkeeper was the protagonist against Gimnasia: he held off 4 shots and made 26 correct passes.
It was a duel that was stopped, due to the high accumulation of infractions within the field. There were several cautioned: Tomás Cardona, Matías Melluso, Alexis Soto and Kevin Gutiérrez.
The DT of Gymnastics, Sebastián Romero, presented a tactical arrangement 4-4-2 with Tomás Durso in the goal; Guillermo Enrique, Leonardo Morales, Felipe Sánchez and Matías Melluso on the defensive line; Maximiliano Comba, Ignacio Miramón, Alan Sosa and Benjamín Domínguez in the middle; and Eric Ramírez and Rodrigo Castillo in attack.
For their part, Julio Vaccari’s team came out with a 4-5-1 tactical arrangement with Ezequiel Unsain under the three sticks; Agustín Sant’Anna, Nazareno Colombo, Tomás Cardona and Darío Cáceres in defense; Kevin Gutiérrez, Tomás Escalante, Federico Versaci, David Barbona and Alexis Soto in midfield; and Nicolás Fernández up front.
Germán Delfino was the referee chosen for the match in the Forest.
On the next date, the Wolf will visit Banfield and the Falcon will play at home against Newell`s.
In this way, the local is in twenty-eighth place in the championship without points, while the visit, with 3, is in fifteenth place.
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