Aurora de Coghlan made the most of home advantage and came away with a five-goal thriller against El Tradicional de Parque Chacabuco on matchday 4 of Primera L - GBA Sur. The 3-2 final score rather understates how even it was: both sides came out looking to play, mirror-image 4-4-2 line-ups, but it was the home side who ended up with the sharper reflexes when it mattered most. Víctor Pietrzak, a striker of just 21 with a rating of 8.4, was a constant problem for the visitors' defence. The Tigre youngster scored twice and showed that ability to be where the ball drops, that instinct you cannot teach. Xavier Altolaguirre, the 33-year-old winger who brings Mendoza experience with him, was the organiser in midfield, supplying the assists that allowed Pietrzak room to finish.
El Tradicional were no pushover. Brian Aizpurúa netted one of the visitors' goals with the precision of a man who wastes no movement, and Toño Biscardi also found the back of the net in a match where the centre-backs — Nilo Curi on the home side and Biscardi for the visitors — had a night of constant traffic. Tomás Borghi, the striker from Comodoro Rivadavia, provided an assist but was booked, a reflection of mounting frustration in a side that could not sustain the tempo it had set in the first thirty minutes.
What this match left behind is that Aurora de Coghlan have a front line that works. Pietrzak is not a luxury striker, but he scores, makes decisions quickly and occupies the spaces well. By contrast, El Tradicional leave with the feeling that they could have done more, but never linked up. Bruno Avanzi, the home goalkeeper of just 16, was hardly called into decisive action, but that says something too: when the team is comfortable at the back, the keeper can breathe easily.
Aurora de Coghlan came in with 0 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in their last 2 matches.
El Tradicional de Parque Chacabuco came in with 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats in their last 1 matches.
In the last 2 meetings between Aurora de Coghlan and El Tradicional de Parque Chacabuco: 1 win for Aurora de Coghlan, 1 draw and 0 for El Tradicional de Parque Chacabuco.
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Aurora de Coghlan (4-4-2): Bruno Avanzi, Octavio Rivero, Nilo Curi, Maicol Paredes, Sergio Marchetti, Felipe Coelho, Xavier Altolaguirre, Gino Trentin, Gonzalo Ferreira, Enrique Trillini, Víctor Pietrzak.
El Tradicional de Parque Chacabuco (4-4-2): Alan Branca, Agus Villafañe, Yoel Selvaggio, Toño Biscardi, Aaron Greenberg, Brian Aizpurúa, Damián Bonincontro, Stefano Trentin, Omar Greenberg, Cataldo Villegas, Tomás Borghi.
In Primera L - GBA Sur, Aurora de Coghlan are in position 2 with 50 points; El Tradicional de Parque Chacabuco are in position 9 with 40 points. See the full table
Aurora de Coghlan, with 1,750 fans. Home ground: Estadio Aurora de Coghlan.
El Tradicional de Parque Chacabuco, with 1,762 fans. Home ground: Estadio El Tradicional de Parque Chacabuco.
Next match for Aurora de Coghlan: vs su proximo rival — Sunday 1 November at 01:00 GMT
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