A pure friendly Saturday morning was held, where most of the First Division teams began to give the ball more run thinking about the start of the Professional League Cup, which will take place on Thursday, February 10. Here all the results.
RACING VS. DEFENDERS OF BELGRANO
Racing faced Defensores de Belgrano.
There was football at Tita Mattiussi. Two 30-minute halves were played, but the victory went to Defensores de Belgrano, who won the first duel 1-0 thanks to a goal from Rio at 19′ of the initial half. Fernando Gago stopped the following 11: Tagliamonte, Pillud, Gauna, Orban, Galván, Miranda, López, Garré, Cuello, Hauche and Copetti.
The second match ended 3-1 in favor of the Acadé, with a hat-trick by Javier Correa. Baiardino scored for Defe. Pintita started these starters: Juárez, Mura, Prado, Insúa, Piovi, Moreno, Alcaraz, F. Domínguez, Rojas, Chancalay and Correa.
VELEZ VS. STUDENTS
Vélez and Estudiantes played two friendlies.
Vélez and Estudiantes hit the ball nicely and played a total of 80 minutes in the first friendly match alone. El Pincha, who officiated at home, started up 1-0 thanks to Mauro Boselli but then it was a dance for Fortín, who won by a resounding 5-1. Lucas Janson -2-, Lucas Pratto, Agustín Bouzat and Sebastián Sosa Sánchez scored the goals.
The second was also left in the hands of Pellegrino’s men, who won 1-0 as a result of a penalty converted by Elías Cabrera.
Formations of the first friendly
Velez: Lucas Hoyos; Leonardo Jara, Matías De los Santos, Lautaro Giannetti and Francisco Ortega; Máximo Perrone, José Florentín and Nicolás Garayalde; Luca Orellano, Lucas Pratto and Lucas Janson.
Students: Andujar; Godoy, Rogel, Noguera, More; Castro, Zuqui, Kociubinski, Pellegrini; Zapiola and Boselli.
Formations of the second friendly
Velez: Matias Borgogno; Damián Fernández, Valentín Gómez, Miguel Brizuela and Emanuel Insúa; Agustín Mulet and Franco Díaz; Julián Fernández, Federico Versaci and Lenny Lobato; Santiago Castro.
Students: Pourtau; Beltran, Flores, Nunez, Valdez; Toledo, Pineiro, Palavecino, Lattanzio; Apaolaza and Garcia.
UNION VS. ATHLETIC RAFAELA
Union faced Atlético Rafaela.
Two friendlies were played and both ended in victory for Tatengue. The first was 1-0, with a goal from Daniel Juárez in the opening minute. Unión formed with formed with Marcos Peano; Federico Vera, Franco Calderón, Dylan Gissi, Claudio Corvalán; Daniel Juárez, Juan Manuel Nardoni, Juan Carlos Portillo, Gastón González; Mauro Luna Diale and Matías Gallegos.
Already in the second there was a landslide for Gustavo Munúa’s men, who prevailed by a resounding 4-0 over Atlético Rafaela. Kevin Zenón, Nicolás Peñailillo -2- and Tobías Seguro scored the goals. The second team stood with the following starters: González, Werro, P. Calderón, Brítez, Esquivel, Peñailillo, Macíes, Comas, Zenón, Hussein and Seguro.
ROSARIO CENTRAL VS. UNITED YOUTH
Rosario Central was measured against United Youth.
El Canalla received Juventud Unida de Gualeguaychú and played two friendlies. The first was 1-0 for Rosario, who remained victorious thanks to a goal from Gino Infantino. The local formed with Servio; Martinez, Almada, Rodriguez and Blanco; Ojeda, Infantino and Lo Celso; Old; Gamba and Martinez Dupuy.
Already for the second, Rosario Central took the field with the following names: Romero; Torrent, Rodriguez, Bogado, Ciccioli; Zabala, Tanlongo, Ferreyra, Giaccone; Caraglio, Veliz. It was a boring match, which ended 0-0.
ALDOSIVI VS. TIGER
Aldosivi and Tigre played two friendlies.
Duel between two First Division teams and both members of Zone 2 of the Professional League Cup. Two games were played and there was a win per side. The first went to Tigre 1-0 and the second was in the hands of Aldosivi 2-0 (Luengo and Tobares).
NEWELL’S VS. PATRONATO
Newell’s faced Patronato.
Another duel between two First Division teams, which also share Zone 1 of the upcoming tournament. The first was in the hands of Newell’s 3-0, with goals from Ramiro Sordo, Juanfi Garro and Justo Giani. The second, on the other hand, was a pale 0-0.
Formations of the first friendly
Newell’s: Herrera; Mendez, Lema, Ditta, Vangioni; Cacciabue, Fernandez, Castro; Aguirre, Garro and Sordo.
Board of Trustees: Altamirano; Geminiani, Mosevich, Benitez, Kruspzky; Gudino, Vazquez, Leys; Pereira, Castro and Herrera.
Formations of the second friendly
Newell’s: San Juan; Jacob, Calcaterra, Mansilla, Campagnaro; Portillo, Sforza, Balzi; Cingolani, Funez y Giani.
Board of Trustees: Mansilla; Vallejo, Guasone, Quintana, Cobos; Banega, Hofstetter, Barinaga, Perez; Sosa and Barrios.
DEFENSE AND JUSTICE VS. ARSENAL
Defense was measured against Arsenal.
Defense and Arsenal played two friendlies. The first lasted just 45 minutes, and ended with a 3-0 victory for Varela’s men with goals from Rodríguez, Galván and Fontana. The second, with the same format, ended in a 1-1 draw, with goals from Facundo Pons for Sarandí and Hugo Fernández for Halcón.
Formations of the first friendly
Defense: Unsain, Tripichio, Frías, Rodríguez, Soto, Loaiza, Galván, Fontana, Pizzini, Merentiel and Rotondi.
Arsenal: Medina; Chimino, Gariglio, Goñi and Suarez; Miloc, Antilef, Brochero, Viveros, Ibañez; Lomonaco.
Formations of the second friendly
Defense: Amade, Silva, Cholo Benitez, Colombo, Pieres, Alanis, Rivero, Gutiérrez, Hachen, Fernández and Albertengo.
Arsenal: Carrion, Martinez, Igarzabal, Marchi; Mohamed, Picco, Corn, Magnano; Kruspzky and Pons.
