2024-02-11 03:01:00
Argentinos Juniors defeated Banfield 4-2 this afternoon, in a match corresponding to date 4 of Zone A of the Professional League Cup (LPF), which was played at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in La Paternal. Pablo Guede’s team added the second victory at home, remains undefeated and closed the Saturday day as the only leader in its area with 8 points. The winning team’s goals were the work of Gastón Verón (penalty), Alan Lescano (2) and Leonardo Heredia. The ‘Taladro’ discounts were marked by Gerónimo Rivera and the Uruguayan Juan Quintana, a recent addition.
Banfield, which has not won in La Paternal since the Clausura 2005 when it won 2-1 with goals from Martín Andrizzi and Darío Cvitanich, suffered its third defeat of the campaign and finished last with just one point.
The visiting team surprised from the beginning with a loose team posture and a lot of rotation. In this way they took the lead in the 7th minute, after a rise as point guard by Emanuel Insúa, a first definition by Bruno Sepúlveda that hit the post and the scoring touch of the youthful Rivera with the open goal.
The local team quickly assimilated the blow, took control of the territory and reached a tie in the 15th minute, after a penal infraction by the Uruguayan Yvo Calleros to the detriment of Maximiliano Romero, which Verón converted with precision.
Ten minutes later Argentinos reached the second goal with a masterful assist from Nicolás Oroz for Lescano, who had time to choose where to place the header.
At the end of the first half, Banfield reached the tie with a low and crossed shot by Ignacio Rodríguez, but from the VAR the referee Sebastián Zunino warned the main Fernando Rapallini of a previous strong foul by Jesús Soraire against Román Vega. Therefore, the judge wisely annulled the goal.
The second started with an electrifying rhythm, back and forth and in that context ‘Bicho’ made more money and stretched the difference with simplicity and forcefulness. First, Heredia scored, with a header, after a great cross from the entered Damián Batallini and immediately Lescano himself closed a great play by Maximiliano Romero and scored a personal double.
The goal by the Uruguayan Quintana, fifteen minutes from the end, only served to decorate the final score: 4-2.