Newell’s and Arsenal drew goalless in a poor match played at the Coloso Marcelo Bielsa stadium, Parque Independencia, Rosario, for the 23rd. Date of the professional championship.
the venue played the entire complement with 10 players for the expulsion of the Ecuadorian midfielder Djorkaeff Reasco for a double warning, in the epilogue of the initial phase.
Newell dominated the field and the ball in the first halfwhen he won from the left with the tandem formed by Reasco and “Panchito” González, about 10 minutes later when the latter scored a cross from Juan Manuel García with a header, but at the hands of goalkeeper Alejandro Medina.
Newell’s circulated the ball better thanks to the quality and experience of Pablo Pérez and the overwhelming speed of Francisco González, who, however, only reacted in the 34th minute with a weak shot from the first that Medina controlled again.
Arsenal, who dedicated themselves to defense with a typical 4-4-2well placed in midfield, he barely arrives in the 39th minute with a good attack from Apaolaza, ended badly when he wanted to sting her, only in front of the goalkeeper, when he had Leonardo Marchi free, on the left.
At 40 ‘Newell arrived again with a high header from Lema, from a corner by Fernández from the right.
Up to 44 ‘the first controversial play of the match, when Reasco left his right forearm in front of the goalkeeper Medina, with whom he collided when they went to contest a ball punctured by Sforza, and the referee Yael Falcón Pérez he cautioned and sent him off because he already had a yellow card.
The complement had the same development as the first half almost to the end because Newell controlled the ball more and attacked as if they were playing 11 on 11 against an Arsenal who never disarmed the two lines of four and the two strikers, and who only arrived in the 45th minute with a high header from Pombo.
39 minutes left came the second controversial play of the match, when Juan Manuel García fell into the box paired with a defender, but the referee finally charged a goal kick, after the VAR examined the play.
The Newells thus wasted the chance to add three to three in their good campaign to qualify for the Copa Sudamericana and Arsenal got the point they came looking for Rosario, in their tough fight to improve their average to escape relegation, once again compromised after the victory of the Aldosivi today on Rosario Central.
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