This Sunday night, Central lost to Platense 1-0 at the Ciudad de Vicente López stadium on the 15th date of the 2024 Professional League Tournament. The only goal was scored by Guido Mainero at the start of the match. Already in full time, Lovera deflected a penalty.
Goal by Platense. At nine minutes, Mainero opened the scoring for Barros Schelotto, who sent a cross into the area and the winger himself deflected it to put Calamar 1-0 up.
Good approach for the Canalla. At 27 minutes, Central created a play from right to left that culminated with a low cross from Campaz and Copetti, just missing connecting.
He tasted candy. In the 32nd minute, Mauricio Martínez made contact with the ball in the three-quarter line, advanced and shot from outside but Cozzani stopped it without problems.
Uphill. Halfway through the second half, Central tried to control the ball and create scoring opportunities, but found Platense very well positioned in the middle.
Penalty for Central and the post denied them the equalizer. With time already up and after a call from the VAR, Merlos sanctioned a handball by Gómez inside the area. Lovera took the shot from the 12 steps and the goal hit the post.
Synthesis:
Rosario Central: 1- George Brown; 4- Damian Martinez, 15- Facundo Malo, 6- Miguel Barbieri and 3- Augustine Sandez; 5- Franco Ibarra and 16- Maurice Martinez; 8- Jonathan Gomez, 10- Ignatius Malcorra and 13- Jaminton Campaz; 25- Enzo Copetti.
DT: Matias Lequi.
-Substitutes: 20- Axel Werner, 37- Elias Ocampo, 24- Juan Gimenez, 36- Felipe Carnicero, 21- Alan Rodriguez, 34- Samuel Beltran, 23- Augusto Solari, 22- Lautaro Giaccone, 7- Maximiliano Lovera, 51- Santiago Segovia, 50- Thiago Ponce and 29- Luca Martinez Dupuy.
Platense: 31- Juan Cozzani; 4- Bautista Barros Schelotto, 2- Juan Pignani, 6- Gaston Suso and 18- Sasha Marcich; 8- Fernando Juarez and 14- Leonel Picco; 7- Guido Mainero, 16- Vicente Taborda and 29- Franco Minerva; 9- Mateo Pellegrino.
DT: Favio Orsi – Sergio Gómez
-Substitutes: 1- Andres Desabato, 24- Oscar Solomon, 27- Agustin Quiroga, 20- Gabriel Hachen, 21- Ivan Gomez, 11- Franco Baldasarra, 5- Carlos Villalba, 43- Lisandro Montenegro, 33- Augusto Lotti, 77- Ronaldo Martinez, 30- Tobias Cervera and 26- Ignacio Schor.
Goals: PT: 9’ Mainero (PLA).
Incidents. ST: 50′ Lovera (RC) deflects a penalty.
Changes: ET: Giaccone X M. Martínez (RC). ST: 14′ Baldassarra X Minerva (PLA), 17′ Lovera X Gomez (RC), 29′ Schor X Taborda and Villalba X Juarez (PLA), 37′ Martinez Dupuy X Campaz (RC) and 41′ Gomez X Mainero and Martinez X Pellegrino (PLA).
Arbitrator: Andres Merlos
