FLORENCIO VARELA. Defensa y Justicia was finally too much to handle for Atlético Tucumán with the goal of S. Solari (13′), Nicolás Fernández (37′ pen) and David Barbona (45′).

Nicolás Fernández squandered a penalty (35′) for Defensa y Justicia.​

The match was played at the Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello stadium in Florencio Varela on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Leandro Rey Hilfer assisted by Andrés Barbieri and Mariano Ascenzi. The 4th official was Mariano Negrete. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.8 degrees Celsius or 76.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 43%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Defensa y Justicia was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Atlético Tucumán that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Atlético Tucumán had a more offensive attitude with 44 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Defensa y Justicia was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Defensa y Justicia shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Atlético Tucumán shot 13 times, 2 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Defensa y Justicia received 2 yellow cards (Tomás Cardona and Agustin Sant’Anna). Talking about the opposition, Atlético Tucumán received 2 yellow cards (Bautista Kociubinski and Nicolás Romero).

Standings

After this encounter, Defensa y Justicia will have 0 points like TBC to gain in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Atlético Tucumán will stay with 0 points like TBC to move down in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Defensa y Justicia will play away with Unión Santa Fe on the 29th of July with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Defensa y Justicia (2 draws).

Atlético Tucumán will play away agasint Central Cordoba SdE on the 29th of July with a 4-1 head to head statistic in favor of Central Cordoba SdE (0 draws).

Defensa y Justicia – Formation

Defensa y Justicia started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Julio César Vaccari decided to play with the following team: Ezequiel Unsaín (7.0), Agustin Sant’Anna (8.1), Nazareno Colombo (7.0), Tomás Cardona (6.2), Alexis Soto (7.2), Julián López (6.2), Kevin Gutiérrez (6.3), David Barbona (7.4), Rodrigo Bogarín (6.5), Santiago Solari (7.1) and Nicolás Fernández (8.3).

The home team had on the bench: Tomás Escalante, Santiago Ramos Mingo (6.8), Juan Miritello, Gabriel Alanis (6.1), Andrés Rios, Thiago Schiavulli, Enrique Bologna, Edwin Mosquera, Julián Malatini (6.7), Darío Cáceres, Ángel Benítez and Gonzalo Castellani (7.4).

Defensa y Justicia could not rely on the presence of Gonzalo Castellani (injured).

Substitutions

Defensa y Justicia made 5 changes: Julián López for Gonzalo Castellani (35′), Tomás Cardona for Santiago Ramos Mingo (46′), Rodrigo Bogarin for Gabriel Alanis (46′), Nazareno Colombo for Julián Malatini (69′) and Kevin Gutiérrez for L. Escalante (82′).

Best player: Nicolás Fernández​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Defensa y Justicia was Nicolás Fernández.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 18 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Atlético Tucumán – Formation

Atlético Tucumán started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Lucas Pusineri played with: Tomás Marchiori (5.9), Hernán de la Fuente (6.2), Bruno Bianchi (6.4), Nicolás Romero (6.3), Matías Orihuela (6.5), Bautista Kociubinski (6.4), Marcelo Gonzalez (6.1), Adrián Sánchez (7.0), Guillermo Acosta (7.3), Mateo Coronel (6.6) and Ramiro Ruiz Rodríguez (6.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Francisco Di Franco, Renzo Tesuri (6.4), Braian Guille (6.1), Yonatan Cabral, Wilson Ibarrola, Marcelo Estigarribia, Agustín Lagos, Ignacio Maestro Puch (6.8), Luis Ojeda, Kevin Isa, Lucas Naranjo (7.0) and Alexis Francisco Flores.

Substitutions

Atlético Tucumán made 5 changes: H. De La Fuente for Renzo Tesuri (65′), Ramiro Ruíz Rodríguez for Ignacio Daniel Maestro Puch (65′), Marcelo Gonzalez for Braian Guille (66′), Mateo Coronel for Marcelo Estigarribia (78′) and Bautista Kociubinski for Lucas Nahuel Naranjo (78′).

Best player: Guillermo Acosta​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Atlético Tucumán was Guillermo Acosta.

His rating is (7.3) with 58 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Superliga.​

• River Plate – Arsenal de Sarandi – 1-2
• Vélez Sarsfield – Boca Juniors – 1-2
• Defensa y Justicia – Atlético Tucumán – 3-0
• Colón – Huracán – 1-1