Defensa de Caballito Oeste earned a hard-fought win on the pitch at Retiro, on an afternoon when both sides showed similar set-ups but the home side made better use of their chances. The final 2-1 was fair on Caballito’s side, though there were never huge gaps between the two. Two balanced 4-4-2 line-ups produced a tight match, with no major tactical imbalances, where football was decided by details and the forwards’ finishing.
Jesús Gándara was the engine of the home side, that 27-year-old midfielder born in Comodivavia who played with intelligence in the middle, got into the box and scored one of the goals as well as helping create the other. His 7.7 rating is no coincidence: he was the one who controlled the tempo when Caballito needed order. Bauti Rivero, the 31-year-old Brazilian forward, also had a good afternoon finishing moves, while at the back Claudio Egea in the centre of defence and Leonardo Egea between the posts kept the result secure. Retiro were not without merit: Osvaldo Galindo, the 22-year-old Brazilian centre-back, scored a goal that might have made things much trickier, and Benicio Romiti, that Comodoro-born striker who recently arrived from Patagonia, had some attacking flashes. But they lacked that touch of certainty the home side did have.
For Defensa de Caballito it was a victory that adds to their push on matchday 16 in Primera L-GBA Oeste, strengthening their run. For Retiro, there was the feeling of a match that could have gone another way: with more sharpness in the final third, the result might have been different. Football in the local leagues is like that sometimes, measured and tight.
Defensores de jardin came in with 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats in their last 5 matches.
C.A Jcp came in with 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats in their last 5 matches.
In the last meeting between Defensores de jardin and C.A Jcp: 0 wins for Defensores de jardin, 1 draw and 0 for C.A Jcp.
Defensores de jardin (4-4-2): Leonardo Egea, Luis Bartolozzi, Claudio Egea, Samuel Zubeldía, Santiago Lipari, Bautista Borinaga, Jesús Gándara, Joaquín Szymanski, Ronaldo Egea, Lucio Lima, Bauti Rivero.
C.A Jcp (4-4-2): Diego Verde, Tito De Luca, Tomás Mancini, Osvaldo Galindo, Jeremías Bruschi, Joel Arichabaleta, Maicol Belaustegui, Joaco Montenegro, Galo Hidalgo, Benicio Romiti, Kiki Wieczorek.
In Primera L - GBA Oeste, Defensores de jardin are in position 6 with 42 points; C.A Jcp are in position 16 with 25 points. See the full table
Defensores de jardin ("La banda del campo"), with 1,505 fans. Home ground: TOMAS GB.
C.A Jcp ("Los vagos"), with 1,457 fans. Home ground: La estacion.
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