CIUDAD DE CóRDOBA. Belgrano annihilates Sarmiento 4-1 with goals of U. Sánchez (29′), J. Barinaga (31′), B. Reyna (40′) and F. Lencioni (71′). Regarding the opposition, Sarmiento scored with ​Sergio Quiroga (25′).

The match was played at the Estadio Julio César Villagra stadium in Ciudad de Córdoba on Monday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Jorge Baliño with the support of Manuel Sánchez and Matías Bianchi. The 4th official was Enzo Silvestre. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was hot at 29.87 degrees Celsius or 85.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Belgrano was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Sarmiento that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sarmiento was putting more pressure with 65 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Belgrano found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Belgrano shot 13 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sarmiento shot 7 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Belgrano received 3 yellow cards (N. Meriano, E. Rolón and Gonzalo Maffini). On the opposite side, Sarmiento received 3 yellow cards (Manuel Mónaco, José Mauri  and Diego Calcaterra).

Standings

After this match, Belgrano has 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to drop in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Sarmiento will stays with 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to drop in the 24th place.

Next matches

Belgrano – Formation

Belgrano started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Guillermo Martín Farré decided to play with the following team: N. Losada (7.1), J. Barinaga (7.8), M. Moreno (7.5), N. Meriano (6.4), A. Ibacache (6.6), S. Longo (7.5), U. Sánchez (9.9), E. Rolón (6.4), B. Reyna (7.5), M. García (7.0) and Francisco González Metilli (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Ignacio Chicco, Gonzalo Maffini (6.6), A. Rébola, M. Marín (7.0), M. Palavecino (7.0), L. Pastrán, P. Chavarría, N. Schiappacasse (6.4), F. Lencioni (7.7), A. Rojas, Rafael Delgado and Jeremías Lucco.

Belgrano could not rely on the presence of N. Schiappacasse (injured).

Substitutions

Belgrano made 5 changes: M. García for M. Marín (65′), B. Reyna for F. Lencioni (60′), J. Barinaga for Gonzalo Maffini (64′), E. Rolón for M. Palavecino (70′) and Francisco González Metilli for N. Schiappacasse (70′).

Player of the match: U. Sánchez​

The player that probably impressed the most for Belgrano was U. Sánchez.

His rating is 9.9 with 1 goal, 22 passes (65% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.

Sarmiento – Formation

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

Sergio Gabriel Rondina played with: Fernando Monetti (5.4), Jeremías Vallejos (6.4), Franco Paredes (6.3), Juan Manuel Insaurralde (6.3), Gabriel Díaz (6.4), Maico Quiroz (6.8), Fernando Godoy (6.1), José Mauri  (6.1), Manuel Mónaco (6.4), Facundo Ferreyra  (7.1) and Sergio Quiroga (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Jerónimo Pourtau, Lisandro López, Diego Calcaterra (7.0), Juan Cruz Guasone, Agustín Fontana (6.7), Agustín Ávalos Molina (6.4), Alfredo Amarilla (6.4), Yair Arismendi , Emanuel Hernández, Joaquín Gho, Nahuel Gallardo (7.0) and Cristian Ojeda.

Substitutions

Sarmiento made 4 changes: Manuel Mónaco for Agustín Fontana (46′), Maico Quiroz for Alfredo Amarilla (46′), Franco Paredes for Diego Calcaterra (61′) and Gabriel Díaz for Nahuel Gallardo (61′).

Player of the match: Sergio Quiroga​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sarmiento was Sergio Quiroga.

His rating is 7.3 with 1 goal, 15 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 14. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Unión Santa Fe – Platense – 0-0
• Belgrano – Sarmiento – 4-1
• Argentinos Juniors – Independiente Rivadavia – 2-1
• Defensa y Justicia – Central Cordoba SdE – 1-1