The first round this Friday had the victory of Independiente against Lanús. In the last round, there was a double function: Unión-San Lorenzo and Defensa yJusticia-Vélez.All matches corresponded to the fifth day of the 2026 TorneoApertura.
San Lorenzo rescued a point from the Unión field, which generated an enormous number of goal situations, but had to settle for a draw at home.In both the first and second half, Tatengue was the one that suffered the most damage beyond an unusual goal missed by the visitor at the feet of Nicolás Tripichio.At the April 15 stadium, Ariel Penel directed.
A shot on Mateo Del Blanco’s post was the start of a first burst from Leonardo Madelón’s team.Immediately Mauro Pittón squandered a one-on-one that was blocked by Orlando Gill, the figure of the match, and later Fragapane threw out what was 1-0 for Tate.
El Ciclón had its moment at 34′, when Cuello was favored by a loss by Profini and was one-on-one with Matías Mansilla, who avoided his goal with his head.On the rebound, Tripichio left the goalkeeper in the way and then was unable to outwit Maizon Rodríguez, who on the line drowned out his goal cry.In the first stage there would be something else: Unión pressed high, Tarragona took a pass at Gill and failed in the first instance.Fragapane grabbed the rebound, but was unable to convert against the opposition of Herrera and the post, while Lorenzón took it out of Estigarribia on the same play.
The snap showed similar faces.Pittón came close again with a free kick and Maizon Rodríguez missed a header off a still ball.At 19′ of the second half, the first controversy: Gill knocked down Tarragona inside the area and the judge gave a penalty, but finally there was a very fine previous offside that was confirmed.And, after a card, the VAR called Ariel Penel to review the penalty he had given for a handball by Lorenzón that had not existed.
Towards the end, a poorly executed lateral by Herrera led to the counterattack orchestrated by Palacios and a save from Gill to Estigarribia, in a maneuver that was going to be reviewed for an alleged advanced position.In the epilogue, Gill blocked a hellish header against Misael Aguirre, who had also gone offside.The last one was also from the admitted Aguirre: he climbed with an open field on the right flank and did not put together the shot well when he was face to face with Gill: the ball died on the side of the net.
The tie helped San Lorenzo to add points after losing the classic with Huracán, although the concern will persist due to how little it gave in the game. Unión was chewing anger because it deserved the victory that would have placed it among the first eight in Zone A.
Trainings:
Stadium: April 15
Referee: Ariel Penel
In a match from which more was expected, Defensa and Vélez were evenly matched in Florencio Varela.It was a time for everyone: the local team took the lead with a great goal from Juan Gutiérrez after a quarter of an hour, while Fortín did the same at 15′ of the complement due to an error by the rival goalkeeper MatíasPellegrini, who is still sweet after his double against Boca.At the NorbertoTito Tomaghello stadium, Fernando Echenique directed.
Los de Mariano Soso aprovecharon la pegada de Gutiérrez y el que fue uno de losmejores tantos en lo que va del campeonato para adelantarse en el marcador.Beyond some prior warning from Liniers, up to that point it had been even.Eldueño de casa empujó y pudo haber estirado la diferencia en la etapa inicial conun cabezazo de Aaron Molinas tras jugada de Botta, pero se fue apenas ancha.That result left Defensa alone in first place.
However, Guillermo Barros Schelotto’s men responded.After the announcement of Florián Monzón’s header, which was about to tie it, Manuel Lanzini sent a closed corner kick with his right leg that led to Fiermarín’s short slap and Pellegrini’s capture of the rebound, who shook the inside roof of the net and ran to celebrate.Vélez, from there, valued the result, knowing that it would remain at the top of the area.El Halcón did not know how to comfortably overcome it and everything ended in a draw.
Trainings:
Stadium: Norberto Tomaghello
Referee: Fernando Echenique
Independiente 2-0 Lanús
Union 0-0 San Lorenzo
Defense and Justice 1-1 Vélez Sarsfield
17:30 Banfield-Racing
19:45 Hurricane-Sarmiento
19:45 Workshops-Gymnastics of Mendoza
22:00 Independent Rivadavia-Belgrano
22:00 Atlético Tucumán- Estudiantes de Río Cuarto
17:00 Gymnastics-Students
19:30 Boca-Platense
22:00 Rosario Central-Barracas Central
22:00 Institute of Córdoba-Central Córdoba
19:00 Deportivo Riestra-Newell’s
