Real Abasto Reserves found no answers at home and Círculo Parque Avellaneda left La Matanza with a thrashing that reflects more than a simple result: a difference in tactical organisation and execution. The final 4-1 sums up an afternoon where the visitors took advantage of every gap left by a home side that tried to keep balance in its 4-4-2 but ended up exposed. Salvador Pollini netted one along the way, merely a consolation, while Círculo Parque deployed their own structure with greater precision and judgement.
The visitors' goals came from different sources: Javier Karam from the right, Dante Murat from his full-back role, Zaid Meyer at the back adding power in attack, and Franco Haddad closing the scoring. That spread of scorers speaks of a team attacking without exclusivity, with ball circulation that found space. Bautista Altuna set up Pollini for Real Abasto, doing his job at left-back, but the Merlo defender was booked and that says little about his overall performance. The visitors' numbers were more convincing: Yoel Vicente, the 19-year-old young prospect, moved intelligently without appearing on the scoresheet. Karam and Murat, aged 23 and 25 respectively, showed that Círculo Parque have resources in midfield and defence to project play forward. Meyer can barely be described as a youngster at 18 years old in professional football, but he scored without doubt.
For Real Abasto, it was the taste of an afternoon in which the balanced mentality was not enough on a pitch where the opposition was simply superior in execution. Pollini, with a 7.2 rating and a goal included, is left with the feeling of a match where he tried but the team did not respond. Círculo Parque Avellaneda keep adding points in Primera I of GBA Sur with authority.
Intercontinental Series came in with 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats in their last 5 matches.
Círculo Parque Avellaneda came in with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in their last 5 matches.
In the last meeting between Intercontinental Series and Círculo Parque Avellaneda: 1 win for Intercontinental Series, 0 draws and 0 for Círculo Parque Avellaneda.
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Intercontinental Series (4-4-2): Gianluca Salim, Bautista Altuna, Wilfredo Weinberg, Yoel Ledesma, Gonzalo Zindato, Tomi Aramburu, Salvador Pollini, Cayetano Ballarini, Xavier Farías, Esteban Peñaloza, Andrés Karam.
Círculo Parque Avellaneda (4-4-2): Sandro De Angelis, Leonel Zenatti, Julian González, Zaid Meyer, Dante Murat, Lucas Zapata, Santi Pawlak, Sebastián Rodríguez, Javier Karam, Yoel Vicente, Franco Haddad.
In Primera I - GBA Sur, Intercontinental Series are in position 6 with 45 points; Círculo Parque Avellaneda are in position 5 with 46 points. See the full table
Intercontinental Series ("INTER SERIES"), with 1,470 fans. Home ground: IGP MANAGER.
Círculo Parque Avellaneda, with 1,803 fans. Home ground: Estadio Círculo Parque Avellaneda.
Next match for Intercontinental Series: vs Círculo Parque Avellaneda — Sunday 1 November at 00:45 GMT
Next match for Círculo Parque Avellaneda: vs Intercontinental Series — Sunday 1 November at 00:45 GMT
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