Mutual Abasto
3 - 2
Club Deportivo Veteranos de Malvinas
1,472 fans in the stadium · gate receipts: $1,876,000
Match report
Mutual Abasto did not let up at home and beat Deportivo Caballito Veteranos three-two in a match that had everything: goals, intensity and that dose of uncertainty that keeps you glued to your seat until the end. Both teams came out with similar ideas, an even 4-4-2 that promised open football, and so it proved. The home side made the most of their own pitch with good judgement, while the visitors never gave up and put the Abasto defence under pressure on more than one occasion. The revenge belonged to the academy of Joaco Borgia, a thirty-one-year-old striker born in the south, who scored three goals and left his indelible mark on the result. Borgia, with a rating of 9.6, was practically unstoppable: a goal machine who took every chance his teammates laid on for him.
At the other end, Ezequiel Zola and Daniel Huber scored one each for the visitors, showing that Caballito has attacking resources even if it was not enough. Both Patagonian wingers and attacking midfielders tried to maintain the tempo, but the home side found in their defence a respectable bastion. Lionel Quaglia in goal saved what needed saving; the full-backs Benjamín Santos and Yoel Quintero carried out their defensive tasks without shining too brightly, but enough. Brian Nieto was booked in midfield while looking to win the ball back, the kind of work that does not always show up in the statistics but helps.
Mutual Abasto take the three points on a matchday where home wins carried weight. For Caballito, the 2-3 is a painful defeat because the side were there, they competed as equals, but they lacked precision at key moments. In Primera I GBA Norte, these results define campaigns.
Form guide
Mutual Abasto came in with 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats in their last 5 matches.
Club Deportivo Veteranos de Malvinas came in with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in their last 5 matches.
Head-to-head
In the last meeting between Mutual Abasto and Club Deportivo Veteranos de Malvinas: 0 wins for Mutual Abasto, 0 draws and 1 for Club Deportivo Veteranos de Malvinas.
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Line-ups
Mutual Abasto (4-4-2): Lionel Quaglia, Galo Basaldua, Benjamín Muñiz, Geremías Barba, Tobías Baldini, Benjamín Santos, Adolfo Zalla, Brian Nieto, Yoel Quintero, Rocco Bazzani, Joaco Borgia.
Club Deportivo Veteranos de Malvinas (4-4-2): Ricardo Lorca, Ronaldo Bonomi, Pablo Hoyos, Galo Schulz, Indio Zappella, Ezequiel Zola, Gerardo Valenzano, Ramiro Forni, José Mata, Daniel Huber, Diogo Pacheco.
Where they stand
In Primera I - GBA Norte, Mutual Abasto are in position 11 with 37 points; Club Deportivo Veteranos de Malvinas are in position 8 with 42 points. See the full table
Other results from matchday 12
About the clubs
Mutual Abasto, with 1,586 fans. Home ground: Estadio Mutual Abasto.
Club Deportivo Veteranos de Malvinas, with 1,829 fans. Home ground: Estadio Veteranos de Malvinas.
Coming up
Next match for Mutual Abasto: vs Club Deportivo Veteranos de Malvinas — Sunday 1 November at 00:45 GMT
Next match for Club Deportivo Veteranos de Malvinas: vs Mutual Abasto — Sunday 1 November at 00:45 GMT
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