Mutual Mataderos took a comfortable victory from Parque Avellaneda, where El Tradicional could not sustain the tempo set by a visitor that arrived with clear ideas. The final 3-1 sums up an afternoon where the Mataderos side were more clinical, making the most of the gaps left by a home defence that looked overrun at key moments. Both teams lined up with similar shapes, 4-4-2 and balanced mentality, but the difference lay in who executed better when things got tense.
Aníbal Aboud was the man of the match, that twenty-year-old Paraguayan central midfielder who orchestrated from the middle and scored two goals that put the result beyond doubt early on. With a rating of 8.4, the youngster showed that ability to read the game which defines him, spraying the ball around with purpose while his team-mates found space in attack. For the visitors, Yoel Zambrano also stood out, the Brazilian striker who continues to show his craft at thirty, scoring one of the many chances Mutual created. For El Tradicional, Renzo Burrini, that centre-back of just twenty-one from Comodoro Rivadavia, managed to pull one back with a goal but it was an isolated response against an opponent that never let up. Yago Jiménez in the home midfield tried to provide order from central midfield, but his efforts to contain were not enough against the visitors' movement.
The result compounds the difficulties El Tradicional are experiencing at home, where they dropped valuable points on matchday ten of Primera L GBA Norte. For Mutual Mataderos, this victory strengthens their place in the table and vindicates the work in midfield, where Aboud is emerging as a gem in the making who is beginning to deliver in earnest.
El Tradicional de Parque Avellaneda came in with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat in their last 5 matches.
FC Varela came in with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat in their last 5 matches.
In the last meeting between El Tradicional de Parque Avellaneda and FC Varela: 0 wins for El Tradicional de Parque Avellaneda, 0 draws and 1 for FC Varela.
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El Tradicional de Parque Avellaneda (4-4-2): Lolo Vitiello, Ismael Steinberg, Renzo Burrini, Hernán Biagioli, León Hartmann, Theo Vegas, Yago Jiménez, Víctor Rastelli, Diego Nowicki, Rodolfo Sperandio, Ismael Brunelli.
FC Varela (4-4-2): Hernán Bilbao, Camilo Ruffini, Brian Velez, Lolo Schneider, Brian Bedialauneta, Yago Villegas, Aníbal Aboud, Lucca Zamora, Gustavo Costa, Yoel Zambrano, Nazareno Bartoli.
In Primera L - GBA Norte, El Tradicional de Parque Avellaneda are in position 13 with 32 points; FC Varela are in position 1 with 56 points. See the full table
El Tradicional de Parque Avellaneda, with 1,680 fans. Home ground: Estadio El Tradicional de Parque Avellaneda.
FC Varela, with 1,888 fans. Home ground: Bruno Joaquín Flores.
Next match for El Tradicional de Parque Avellaneda: vs su proximo rival — Sunday 1 November at 01:00 GMT
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