Lanús was pure effectiveness against Estudiantes in La Plata and is the sole leader of the professional league

The contrast from one season to the next. After the bad performance and the penultimate place in the last tournament, now Lanús has a dream start and is the only leader in the league, with an ideal score, three plays, three wins, the same as at the start of the 2016 Tournament, when he won his last title. Kudelka’s team beat 2-0 Students in La Platawith goals by José Canale AND Franco Trojanskyand that he played with 10 men from the 9th minute of the second half due to the expulsion of Leandro Diaz.

It wasn’t a good first half. There was a lot of fighting and little playing. Estudiantes have more ball possession, but Lanús have been more effective. The intentions were there, it’s true. At home, the mobility of Benjamín Rollheiser, who when partnered with Eros Mancuso on the right, generated a couple of good finishes. But the ball never reaches the two nines: Boselli and Carrillo. The former River also tried three times from outside the box and all three went over the bar).

Pedro de la Vega was the deranged man of Lanús. from the collective, seeking associations with Sánchez Miño, and from the individual. In the 29th minute he was the protagonist of a play that generated confusion, some discussion but went well, first for the referee list and then ratified by the VAR. Pepo faced and won in the big local area, he took a cross looking for Leandro Díaz, who was ahead when the pass came out, on the way the ball was deflected onto a punctured player, he went towards goal, the striker tried to intervene until the last moment and a defender was unable to get him out. The final decision was that Díaz participated in the game and the goal was not validated.

In the din of long balls and hits, Lanús took advantage of it. José Canale, who had had two bad saves in defence, first losing position with Carrillo and then missing a clearance and sending the ball for a corner, didn’t fail in the opponent’s box. After Esquivel’s corner and a clearance from a local defender, he finished off with a tremendous clearance that left Andújar helpless.

Leandro Díaz’s dismissal nine minutes into the second half for a second bookable offense added some excitement to the rest of the match. But once again De La Vega was the protagonist of two dangerous plays for his team. First he won again on the left but the central was in the hands of Andújar, then he went alone towards the goal but was in an advanced position. Mancuso misses first by finishing wide and then Lucas Acosta stands out by deflecting a header from Carrillo.

The final minutes were a monologue from Estudiantes, who tried all the variations to get to the draw. He had a very clear shot with a left foot from Zaid Romero which went for a corner and which Lucas Acosta shot wide for a corner.

As usually happens when a team goes all out in search of parity, Lanús sealed the victory on the counterattack. Jorge Rodríguez missed in closing and Troyansky did not fail in the definition and left Garnet more pointer than ever. El Pincha suffered his second consecutive defeat at home and was booed by his crowd.

Fountain: telam