Vet. Núñez3 - 0Argentino de Chacarita

Veteranos de Núñez gave no quarter. With a convincing 3-0 win over Argentino de Chacarita on matchday 13 of Primera I de CABA, the home side asserted its authority from the outset and carried out a 4-4-2 set-up that worked almost without a hitch. Argentino came with balanced intentions but never found a way to breach a defence that knew how to get organised when needed. The match went from strength to strength for the home side, who made the most of the space their rivals kept gifting them in transitions.

Hernán Krawczyk was the key. The defensive midfielder, with a rating of 8.1, dominated the central area like an orchestra conductor who understands the silences. At 28, he is in his prime, and he showed it by scoring two goals that reflected his tactical versatility. Norberto León, the Rosarino attacking midfielder, added another, while Mario Santi contributed an assist. Pipa Barrenetxea, Chacarita's left winger, was marked by a yellow card and by the frustration of not finding space in a match that slipped away from him. Jesús Rizzo, the 20-year-old Chacarita goalkeeper, ended up gathering balls from the back of the net more often than he would have liked.

The visitors failed to string together two passes without the home side's structure interrupting them. Galo Arestizabal, on the left, and Javier Trevisan, the home side's right-back, controlled their respective flanks with the precision of those who know that defensive order is the best investment. Veteranos Núñez picked up a victory that strengthens their push at the top, while Argentino de Chacarita will have to review how they arrived so vulnerable to a fixture that, on paper, looked much more even. The difference lay in the execution, not in the set-ups.

In the last 2 meetings between Vet. Núñez and Argentino de Chacarita: 0 wins for Vet. Núñez, 0 draws and 2 for Argentino de Chacarita.

• Vet. Núñez 2-3 Argentino de Chacarita
• Argentino de Chacarita 2-1 Vet. Núñez

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Vet. Núñez (4-4-2): Nene Padín, Xavier Aloma, Turco Castellano, Mariano Zola, Javier Trevisan, Galo Arestizabal, Hernán Krawczyk, Ángel Barrios, Leonel Bisi, Mario Santi, Norberto León.

Argentino de Chacarita (4-4-2): Jesús Rizzo, Marcelo Marichal, Yair Romá, Facundo Rosa, Damián Verde, Pipa Barrenetxea, Coco Volpi, Adriano Montero, Leonel Solis, Walter Murat, Víctor Boni.

In Primera I - CABA, Vet. Núñez are in position 8 with 40 points; Argentino de Chacarita are in position 3 with 47 points. See the full table

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Vet. Núñez, with 1,592 fans. Home ground: Estadio Vet. Núñez.

Argentino de Chacarita, with 1,753 fans. Home ground: Estadio Argentino de Chacarita.

Next match for Vet. Núñez: vs su proximo rival — Sunday 1 November at 00:45 GMT

Next match for Argentino de Chacarita: vs su proximo rival — Sunday 1 November at 00:45 GMT