With the goals of Santiago Soda head and Augustine Almond, Racing reached 16 points in the table and was placed second in the table, just two points below Huracán, which leads the tournament with 18 after its victory against Rosario Central.
On the side of Union, was left with 14 points and lost the opportunity to not increase the distance between the top positions after a great start to the championship.
The next day, the ninth, Racing will have the match of the date when they visit Huracán in Parque Patricios for the top of the tournament, while Unión will be the home team of River, that will no longer have Martin Demichelis in the bank.
At 10 minutes, Augustine Almond He executed a masterful corner kick that hit the defender’s head Sosa in the center of the area, who beat the goalkeeper Thiago Cardozo to establish the 1 to 0 of Racing. The ball was going to Nazarene Colombo but the man from Merced anticipated it with a header.
Racing He handled the first half very well, with constant approaches to Unión’s area and filtered passes that left the forwards very well positioned in front of goal, but the lack of effectiveness was extinguishing him and the visitors gained ground.
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Already in the second stage, the Tatengue came out determined with a Adrian Balboa who was on fire from the first stage commanded the game on the field of Racing and aligned well with Nicolas Orsini and Simon Rivero in the attack, with some increases in Bruno Pitton to the left.
That dominance was finally capitalized on by Morales, who anticipated the entire Racing defense with a header after the cross from Balboa.
However, just two minutes later, Almendra found himself in front of Cardozo’s goal after Maximiliano Salas was unable to define in the area and converted the 2 to 1.
Racing’s goal made all of Unión nervous and they began to make gross mistakes against the home team’s advance, so when Claudio Corvalán kicked Adrián Martínez in the abdomen, the team from Santa Fe was left with ten players.
