Ferro Balvanera left no room for doubt at home. Four unanswered goals against General Alvear de Once on matchday two of the Primera L de CABA mark a chasm between the two sides, who on paper had set up in similar formations but on the pitch proved to be worlds apart. The home side executed their 4-4-2 with clarity, while the visitors could barely hold together the defensive set-up under the barrage of attacks Ferro unleashed from the first minute.
Jeremías Villegas was Ferro’s obsession for ninety minutes. The left-back from Mendoza, battle-hardened at 32, scored two goals and acted as a constant threat down his flank. It is not often you see a full-back age with that kind of hunger, but Villegas appears to have reinvented himself at thirty, posting a 8.4 rating that was reflected in every intervention. Tomi Cortés, the 21-year-old youngster born in Guaymallén, added a goal and an assist from the right, while Horacio Bonansea, barely a 19-year-old teenager on the left wing, completed an attacking line that showed no mercy. Gabriel Centurión at the back shored up the defence, and Lorenzo Egea completed the forward line. General Alvear were never in the match. José Couto, a veteran of 34, was a ghost in attack, and youngsters like Chacho Bianchi could barely keep hold of the ball without creating any real danger.
For Ferro, this rout is a shot across the bow in the table that signals ambition. For General Alvear, the wound is deep and demands urgent rethinking before Primera L tightens the screw any further. Two CABA sides playing in the same league but inhabiting completely different universes over these ninety minutes.
Ferro Balvanera came in with 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats in their last 1 matches.
General Alvear de Once came in with 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in their last 1 matches.
In the last 2 meetings between Ferro Balvanera and General Alvear de Once: 0 wins for Ferro Balvanera, 0 draws and 2 for General Alvear de Once.
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Ferro Balvanera (4-4-2): Giuliano Doval, Jeremías Villegas, Hugo Montoya, Gabriel Centurion, Oliverio Scopelliti, Horacio Bonansea, Misael Arrojo, Salvador Zanchi, Tomi Cortés, Lorenzo Egea, Luis Fischer.
General Alvear de Once (4-4-2): Kevin Sassi, Alexis Aizaga, Antonio Zumpano, Emanuel Molina, Claudio Gallardo, José Riquelme, Chacho Bianchi, Coco Granado, Salvador Altuna, Mauricio Rotondo, José Couto.
In Primera L - CABA, Ferro Balvanera are in position 13 with 37 points; General Alvear de Once are in position 10 with 39 points. See the full table
Ferro Balvanera, with 1,644 fans. Home ground: Estadio Balvanera.
General Alvear de Once, with 1,725 fans. Home ground: Estadio General Alvear de Once.
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