San Lorenzo beat Platense and Unión dropped to 8th in Zone A | OneFootball

With their win over Platense, San Lorenzo climbed to 6th place with 22 points, leaving Unión in 8th.

San Lorenzo held firm and earned a vital 1-0 win over Platense away from home in a match corresponding to the 16th round of Zone A of the Apertura Tournament, played at the Ciudad de Vicente López stadium.

With this victory, El Ciclón moved up to 6th place in Zone A with 22 points and pushed Unión down to 8th with 19 points and a match to be played on Monday against Vélez.

The only goal of the match for the Boedo side was scored by Rodrigo Auzmendi in the 27th minute of the first half with a precise header following a corner kick.

With this result, the team coached by Gustavo Álvarez reached sixth place in Group A with 22 points, while “El Marrón” remained in 11th place and without any chance of qualifying for the tournament’s playoffs.

Now, San Lorenzo will host Independiente in the final round of the championship. Platense, meanwhile, will do the same against Estudiantes.

In this way, the blue-and-red side took advantage of Defensa y Justicia’s crushing 4-0 loss to Boca and “El Rojo’s” recent 2-0 defeat to Deportivo Riestra to move within touching distance of the next round. Before the clash against the Avellaneda side, they must host Santos on Tuesday, April 28 at 19:00 in the third round of the Copa Sudamericana group stage.

Although “El Calamar” was the better side, even if they were not dominating, “El Ciclón’s” goal came during the home team’s best spell. Matías Reali sent in a cross from a right-side corner that found Rodrigo Auzmendi’s head, and he rose above everyone to power the ball home beyond goalkeeper Matías Botgogno’s reach.

After the goal, Walter Zunino’s men, forced to search for an equalizer to keep alive their hopes of reaching the round of 16 of the domestic tournament, began to leave spaces at the back that the blue-and-red side failed to exploit.

In the 33rd minute, Auzmendi himself missed a golden chance to extend the lead when he was alone in front of the opposing goalkeeper, but as he went to shoot, he stumbled and was unable to strike the ball accurately.

In a more lackluster second half, Platense had few chances to level the match and were also denied by San Lorenzo goalkeeper Orlando Gill. First Bautista Merlini with a long-range shot and then Leonardo Heredia with a header, both coming on in the second half, came close to equalizing, but neither could beat the keeper.

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