Club de Caballito Este and Defensores de San Cristóbal Oeste shared the points in a fixture where both balanced approaches produced a fair but unsatisfactory result for both sides. The 1-1 draw on matchday 13 of Primera I GBA Sur left the home side feeling they had let something slip that was theirs, while the visitors went away with the bittersweet taste of having let the three points escape.
Fernando Casas opened the scoring for the home side with a goal that reflected what the right midfielder had been doing throughout the first half: constant presence, intelligent movement out wide. With a 7.2 rating, Casas justified Caballito Este's decision to keep faith with him. But Defensores did not collapse. Misael Beizama, the versatile 29-year-old midfielder who hovers around a 6.9 performance mark, levelled for the visitors with an assist from Benicio Schmitt, the central midfielder who was the team's quiet organiser from San Cristóbal Oeste. The home defence, with Pedro Bensi at right-back showing his 34 years of experience, failed to contain the visitors' attacking pressure in the closing minutes. Yair Klein on the left wing added his name to the cautions with a yellow card, while Valenzano for the visitors also saw yellow, as did Beizama. Mirko Meneses, the young Brazilian goalkeeper aged just 18, got through the afternoon without any major concerns in his goal.
What lingered was the tactical mediocrity of both sides. With identical 4-4-2 formations and balanced mentality in both cases, neither side dared to break the pattern when the result was crying out for a change. Caballito Este dropped two points at home; Defensores left annoyed at not making the most of it away from home.
Como came in with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in their last 5 matches.
Tandilocuentes Unidos came in with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat in their last 5 matches.
In the last 2 meetings between Como and Tandilocuentes Unidos: 0 wins for Como, 2 draws and 0 for Tandilocuentes Unidos.
Como (4-4-2): Cesar Lewandowski, Pancho Vivenzio, Andrés Acosta, Yanis Boldini, Pedro Bensi, Yair Klein, Ivo Allende, Ethan Montoya, Fernando Casas, Emanuel Caggiano, Miguel Bilbao.
Tandilocuentes Unidos (4-4-2): Mirko Meneses, Turco Wozniak, Federico Arazandi, Salvador Valenzano, Diego Ibarra, Joel Ayub, Benicio Schmitt, Edgardo Flores, Misael Beizama, Saúl Esposito, Pepe Bottani.
In Primera I - GBA Sur, Como are in position 4 with 47 points; Tandilocuentes Unidos are in position 8 with 40 points. See the full table
Como ("Ns"), with 1,732 fans. Home ground: Estadio Caballito.
Tandilocuentes Unidos ("Los Potentes"), with 1,637 fans. Home ground: Tandilisimo.
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