Pibes Montserrat0 - 1Def. Retiro Oeste

Pibes Montserrat were unable to break through Defensores de Retiro Oeste’s defensive stranglehold in a match where both teams took to the pitch with similar approaches but diametrically opposed outcomes. The goal from Gino Jiménez, the twenty-five-year-old centre-back who emerged from an unheralded local trial, proved to be the difference on a night when the home side created little and wasted even less. It was a deserved victory for the visitors, the kind secured through solidity and efficiency.

Defensive work was the central theme of the match. Ángel Aldazabal at the back for Retiro Oeste displayed the characteristic stubbornness of centre-backs without outstanding talent but endowed with character, while Lisandro Arrarte tried to hold together the home defensive line through experience and know-how. In midfield, both 4-4-2 formations cancelled each other out. Silvio Sacchi, Pibes Montserrat’s thirty-seven-year-old holding midfielder, was reliably competent, though without the spark the match demanded. For the visitors, Bauti Buffoli and Pocho Wolf, the latter the freshest talent with his 7.6 rating, found the space to create danger on the transitions.

Genaro Arbieto, twenty-three years old and raised in Patagonia, where you learn to work before you shine, did not have his best afternoon in the home attack. Defensores de Retiro Oeste, by contrast, turned their balance into measured but precise attacking effectiveness. Yanis Braun, the thirty-one-year-old left winger from Rosario, was a constant nuisance out wide. Jiménez’s goal came when it needed to: when Pibes Montserrat were searching but finding nothing. For the home side, this defeat leaves a bitter taste on a matchday when more cutting edge had been expected. Retiro Oeste, meanwhile, strengthen their progress in Primera I with a victory that reinforces their balanced and defensively solid mentality.

In the last meeting between Pibes Montserrat and Def. Retiro Oeste: 0 wins for Pibes Montserrat, 0 draws and 1 for Def. Retiro Oeste.

• Def. Retiro Oeste 3-1 Pibes Montserrat

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Pibes Montserrat (4-4-2): Mati Sgarbi, Alan Tosti, Zacarías Rizzo, Lisandro Arrarte, Genaro Giménez, Misael Altolaguirre, Enrique Karam, Silvio Sacchi, Ricardo Guzmán, Genaro Arbieto, Julián Sotelo.

Def. Retiro Oeste (4-4-2): Diego Brambilla, Cataldo Arbieto, Gino Jiménez, Ángel Aldazabal, Bauti Hernández, Yanis Braun, Mirko Arcuri, Pocho Wolf, Bauti Buffoli, Nene Bono, Ian Arechavaleta.

In Primera I - GBA Norte, Pibes Montserrat are in position 16 with 30 points; Def. Retiro Oeste are in position 2 with 56 points. See the full table

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Pibes Montserrat, with 1,329 fans. Home ground: Estadio Pibes Montserrat.

Def. Retiro Oeste, with 1,752 fans. Home ground: Estadio Def. Retiro Oeste.

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