Newell's
is a machine.
Under the intermittence of a rain that was sometimes light and other times a storm, the Rosario team won the fourth game in a row in this Professional League Cup.
Their last victim was Unión, who could not close the spaces to Mauricio Larriera
's team
that leads Zone B.
The Rosario team had a fired-up
Juan Ramírez
, owner of a fundamental hat trick for victory.
At the opening of the score he crowned a beautiful play that
Ever Banega started and had a clearance with
Ángelo Martino
's cue
for the Uruguayan to define.
The second with the complicity of the goalkeeper and the third, with great definition.
La
Lepra
marks the pulse of its zone, which leads with 12 points and just one goal against.
Apart from having the figure of the match and his three goals, the team has a well-functioning performance.
So much so that it seems to be a reaction or reflection to what happened in last year's Cup that had Rosario Central as champion.
Uruguayan Larriera's team plays far from their goal.
The four in the back make a barrier that seems impenetrable: until Mateo Del Blanco's goal, no one had managed to get the ball to touch the net of the goal defended by Ramiro Macagno.
STAND UP TO ENJOY MARTINO'S ASSISTANCE!!
Great pass from Banega, spectacular TACO enablement from Angelo and Colo Ramírez settled in to define the 1-0 score for Newell's vs.
Union in the #CopaDeLaLiga.
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— SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) February 9, 2024
Newell's surpassed Unión not only in the result, but in the game.
From the middle to the front - with the full-backs joining in opportunely - the Rosario team is dangerous with the ball.
He always comes with options and does not give up.
Now, the goals.
The opening of the scoreboard was magnificent.
The play began with a precise pass from Banega to Martino who, with a cue, assisted Ramírez on the right, who crossed the ball.
Quick transfer from one's own field and three touches to finish against a disoriented opponent.
The second shows how things are when a striker is upright and confident.
Far from the goal, the Uruguayan Ramírez was encouraged to hit him from afar because he saw the goalkeeper standing on the line of the six-yard box and took a very strong shot that Nicolás Campisi tried to take for the corner, but the ball went behind his back.
BUT CAMPISI!!!
Colo Ramírez's shot slipped out of UNION'S GOALKEEPER'S HANDS... Newell's went 2-0 at the close of the first half.
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— SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) February 9, 2024
And there were more.
For the third, after an overflow from the left by Martino, he decided to place near the right corner of the goalkeeper, who barely managed to watch him enter.
The Uruguayan forward had a great game.
At that height, not only was water falling: the fans - who just over a month ago celebrated their permanence as a championship - disapproved of the Kily González team and a shoe and... a potato rained down from the stands.
Del Blanco's discount - one of the changes that the coach ordered to try to put a stop to Newell's - was of no use, nor were Gamba's centers or shots on goal that found Macagno.
THE COLO IS UNDOMOABLE!
Assist from Ángelo Martino from the floor and Hat-Trick from Ramírez!
Lepra thrashes Unión 3-0.
📺ESPN pic.twitter.com/jBiVv3QrxJ
— SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) February 9, 2024
With just one goal against and seven in favor, Newell's maintains its ideal score as the leader of its group and is beginning to show itself as one of the entertainers.
On Monday, against Racing, he will have the opportunity to confirm himself as a candidate.