Deportivo Villa Crespo Veteranos1 - 0Mitre Sport

Deportivo Villa Crespo Veterans beat Liga Recoleta 1-0 in a match where the superiority was slight but enough. In Primera L de CABA, matchday 11, the home side made the most of the virtues of a squad that knows its limitations well and plays with a cool head. The visitors were not beaten by a huge margin, but by details that in veterans’ football matter more than any tactical tangle. Both set-ups were balanced, almost symmetrical: two 4-4-2s aiming for the same thing but with different variants in execution.

Rodolfo Zapata, a 26-year-old striker with a 7.3 rating, was the difference. He is not the sort to burst with joy or celebrate as if it were the first time, but he knows where to be in the box. Xavier Viva moved the ball confidently down the left for the full ninety minutes, and Nicolás Vallejos in midfield maintained the composure that defines Villa Crespo. At the back, Silvio Romiti was booked but made sure of his side of the pitch. At the other end, Aníbal Galli in the Liga Recoleta goalkeeper's role did his job without being able to work miracles. At 36, the Gato remains a professional, though in this kind of match goalkeepers shine more for what they prevent than for what they save. Enrique Pérez at centre-back did what he could at 34, but the goal came anyway.

For Liga Recoleta there was the usual frustration of the side playing away against an opponent that knows how to use its own pitch. Gael Pereyra, a Brazilian striker of just 20, barely had any chances to make his mark. It was not a tactical match where one side won through a numerical advantage in passes or territorial dominance: it was Villa Crespo doing better what it had planned, without flourishes but without scares. A deserved three points for the home side, which goes on in the league with its veterans’ method of men who understand the game without needing to run more than the opposition.

In the last 2 meetings between Deportivo Villa Crespo Veteranos and Mitre Sport: 1 win for Deportivo Villa Crespo Veteranos, 0 draws and 1 for Mitre Sport.

• Deportivo Villa Crespo Veteranos 1-2 Mitre Sport
• Mitre Sport 1-2 Deportivo Villa Crespo Veteranos

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Deportivo Villa Crespo Veteranos (4-4-2): Luis Serrano, Lito Arichabaleta, Cacho Simionato, Elián Ulloa, Silvio Romiti, Xavier Viva, Pancho De Santis, Nicolás Vallejos, Walter Mazur, Rodolfo Zapata, Tato Sassi.

Mitre Sport (4-4-2): Aníbal Galli, Lucho Vidaurre, Enrique Pérez, Joaco Marini, Diogo Maldonado, Andrés Brignole, Alfredo Lizarazo, Manuel Roldán, Xavier Artola, Gael Pereyra, Nahue Etcheverry.

In Primera L - CABA, Deportivo Villa Crespo Veteranos are in position 11 with 39 points; Mitre Sport are in position 6 with 41 points. See the full table

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Deportivo Villa Crespo Veteranos, with 1,603 fans. Home ground: Estadio Deportivo Villa Crespo Veteranos.

Mitre Sport, with 1,761 fans. Home ground: Estadio Mitre sport.

Next match for Deportivo Villa Crespo Veteranos: vs su proximo rival — Sunday 1 November at 01:00 GMT

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