Platense beat Defensa y Justicia with a Palermo-style goal to end their losing streak

Vicente López celebrates, because victories have been denied here. He does it at a key moment in the championship, when Martín Palermo was already beginning to be viewed with suspicion. There were five games that Platense hadn’t won. For the rival, Defense and Justice, it has a higher value. He came cluttered Falcon, who could not show his virtues. And even if she ended up pushing against the local door, it was never made clear.

Tall, blond and goalscorer. No, Palermo hasn’t returned to football. It was Nicolás Servetto, who has similar physical characteristics to the current manager, who opened the scoring for Platense. He did so after a well-executed set piece from Vicente Taborda and a key touch from Paraguay’s Ronaldo Martínez. And it was a fair prize.

It is that beyond that furious outburst of Defense and Justice that found a remarkable response from Ramiro Macagno and the help of the club before the header of uvita Fernández, Platense was the ruler. Despite the intensity that Florencio Varela’s team usually shows, the change of scheme has made Vicente López’s team an orderly rival, with a greater offensive weight. From the 4-1-3-2 in which Iván Rossi fluctuated between defenders and midfielders, the presences of Nicolás Castro, Franco Baldassarra and Taborda added to the two wings gave another color to the attack squid.

The best thing he showed Falcon in that first phase it was produced through the projections of Agustín Sant’Anna on the right or some brushstrokes of Rodrigo Bogarín. There has been a lot of surveillance from Platense on the first host football generators, Julián López and Kevin Gutiérrez. Back, he suffered in air shipments and stopped ball. Ezequiel Unsain has not been stopped and Servetto is always threatening. He missed the goal by a centimeter just before. He was in an advanced position. However, he took his revenge.

In the second half Julio Vaccari looked for a better connection with Gonzalo Castellani, but it didn’t work. Platense, always on set pieces, caused concern in the Unsain area. Palermo tries to lower the blind by reinforcing in the center with Gonzalo Valdivia. Defense and Justice attacked, something messy. AND a goal was disallowed due to interference from Andrés Ríos who blocked the way for Nicolás Morgantini when he wanted to cross Gastón Togni. David Barbona’s header defeated Macagno.

It was a fundamental victory, because Platense are in the red zone of the average classification. It was an unexpected defeat, as Defensa y Justicia had picked up 14 of the last 18 points up for grabs.