LA PLATA. Gimnasia La Plata conquers Racing Club 3-1. Gimnasia La Plata got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Cristian Tarragona (8′) and Leonardo Morales (55′). Racing Club tried to recover with a goal from Jonatan Gómez (67′). Nevertheless, the contest was closed by a goal (90′) scored by Franco Soldano  for Gimnasia La Plata. Racing Club lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo stadium in La Plata on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Nicolás Lamolina with the assistance of Eduardo Lucero and Gerardo Lencina. The 4th official was Mariano Negrete. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.7 degrees Celsius or 71.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Racing Club was in firm control of the ball 60% while Gimnasia La Plata was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Gimnasia La Plata was more pushing with 43 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Gimnasia La Plata won the match​.

Gimnasia La Plata shot 16 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Racing Club shot 12 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Gimnasia La Plata received 3 yellow cards (Cristian Tarragona, Felipe Sanchez and Maximiliano Comba). On the opposite side, Racing Club received 4 yellow cards (Gabriel Rojas, Edwin Cardona, Emiliano Insúa and Paolo Guerrero ).

Also, Racing Club didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Gabriel Rojas (Racing Club) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (45′).

Standings

After this match, Gimnasia La Plata will have 0 points like TBC to lose in the 13th place. On the other side, Racing Club will stay with 0 points like TBC to climb in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Gimnasia La Plata will play away against Talleres Córdoba on the 22nd of July with a 4-4 head to head.

Racing Club will host Central Cordoba SdE on the 22nd of July with a 1-1 head to head record.

Gimnasia La Plata – Formation

Gimnasia La Plata started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Sebastián Ariel Romero decided to play with the following team: Tomás Durso (6.4), Bautista Barros Schelotto (6.6), Leonardo Morales (7.6), Felipe Sánchez (6.6), Nicolás Colazo (6.9), Ignacio Miramon (7.1), Agustín Bolívar (6.4), Alexis Steimbach (6.7), Franco Soldano (7.1), Tomás Muro (6.8) and Cristian Tarragona (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Leandro Nicolás Contín, Antonio Napolitano, Alan Lescano, Bruno Palazzo, Nicolás Agustín Sánchez, Matías Germán Melluso, Agustín Ramírez, Nelson Federico Insfrán, Ivo Mammini, Rodrigo Castillo, Guillermo Enrique (6.6), Alan Sosa, Agustín Sanchez and Maximiliano Comba (6.8).

Substitutions

Gimnasia La Plata made 2 changes: Alexis Steimbach for Maximiliano Comba (75′) and Tomás Muro for Guillermo Enrique (76′).

Best player: Leonardo Morales​

The player that probably impressed the most for Gimnasia La Plata was Leonardo Morales.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 26 passes (61% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.

Racing Club – Formation

Racing Club started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Fernando Rubén Gago played with: Gabriel Arias (6.2), Facundo Mura (6.5), Jonathan Galván (6.6), Emiliano Insúa (6.2), Gabriel Rojas (6.2), Juan Nardoni (6.8), Tomás Avilés (7.3), Nicolas Oroz (6.3), Gabriel Hauche (6.2), Maximiliano Romero (6.8) and Edwin Cardona (6.9).

These were the players on the bench: Óscar Opazo (6.5), Iván Alexis Pillud, Matías Rojas (6.8), Matías Nicolás Tagliamonte, Leonardo Germán Sigali, Roman Fernández, Maximiliano Nicol Moralez, Jonatan Gómez (7.3), Nicolás Reniero (7.0), Héctor Fértoli, Anibal Ismael Moreno and Paolo Guerrero (6.6).

Racing Club could not rely on the presence of Paolo Guerrero  (injured).

Substitutions

Racing Club made 5 changes: Edwin Cardona for Matias Rojas (35′), Jonathan Galván for Óscar Opazo (46′), Gabriel Hauche for Nicolas Reniero (46′), Nicolás Oroz for Jonatan Gomez (56′) and Facundo Mura for José Paolo Guerrero González (79′).

Best player: Jonatan Gómez​

The most impressive player for Racing Club was Jonatan Gómez.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 10 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 56′.

Results of the day

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

• Unión Santa Fe – Belgrano – 0-3
• Talleres Córdoba – Barracas Central – 3-0
• Defensa y Justicia – Central Cordoba SdE – 1-2
• Sarmiento – Argentinos Juniors – 2-0
• Gimnasia La Plata – Racing Club – 3-1
• Atlético Tucumán – San Lorenzo – 1-3
• Vélez Sarsfield – Banfield – 3-3