Belgrano wins the classic and takes an important step towards the title of First National

Belgrano, comfortable leader of the First National team, defeated 1-0 at home, the Instituto, his escort, in a match corresponding to the 30th date of the match that was played at the Julio César Villagra stadium in Barrio Alberdi in front of more than 30,000 spectators . In this way, the Pirate he won again after four games and extended his lead at the top.

Defender Alejandro Rébola scored the goal for the team led by Guillermo Farré, who now has 60 points (with a game pending against Quilmes), and leads the Instituto by eight. Further back San Martín de Tucumán (51) and All Boys (49), who this Saturday at 20:10 will meet at the Islas Malvinas de Floresta stadium.

The classic of Cordovan was very frictionless in the first minutes, with many controversies in midfield and with two teams that did not find space when preparing to attack the rival area.

The leader of the race did not find the way, even though he seemed calm, betting on the race of the Glory, which needed the victory to shorten the differences in the tournament. For this reason the game was played far from the objectives.

Until the ball was stopped, the scoreboard opened in favor of the locals on the 31st minute of the opening phase. After a free-kick from the left by Bruno Zapelli, striker Pablo Vegetti appeared, who with a strong header demanded a response from goalkeeper Jorge Carranza. But on the rebound, Rébola came on offense to push the ball and establish the 1-0.

In addition, the cast led by Lucas Bovaglio went to great lengths to even the score, with a good job by Franco Watson, who provided clarity, although Belgrano remained solid in defense and Gloria repeated itself in unimportant centers.

The guest went so far that he left spaces in his field and it was so that on the counterattack he made it to raise Ibrahim Hesar. The shot went wide when he had been hand in hand with Carranza.

At 35 ‘of that second half, the expulsion of the midfielder of the Instituto Roberto Bochi, for a double yellow card, and everything becomes more complicated for the visit. But even so he went on and with a lot of momentum generated the clearest situations of the evening, even if he came across the figure of goalkeeper Nahuel Losada, who was very solid every time he was asked and supported the victory of his squad.

Next Wednesday Belgrano will visit Quilmes in the postponed meeting (due to fog) of the 25th appointment, while on Saturday 27th he will visit Agropecuario in Carlos Casares. For its part, the Instituto will receive Villa Dálmine in Alta Córdoba on Friday 26.