La Paternal became a strong force that has not known defeat so far this year.
Argentinos Juniors
honors its home team: it has won the five battles it has fought on its field so far in 2024. Its new victim was this
Gimnasia La Plata
, which has many complications to regain victory (it has not celebrated for four dates, with three falls and one equality).
El Bicho won 2-0
thanks to their forcefulness in the front area and once again got into the qualifying spots for Zone A of the League Cup.
Probably driven by the desire to get up after the weekend's setback in Avellaneda,
Pablo Guede
's Argentinos shot towards
Nelson Insfrán
's goal .
He gave a quick warning with a high shot from
Nicolás Oroz
and after a while, before the first quarter of an hour, the locals took notice and put the bullet in.
A shot from the left passed the filter of the two rival centre-backs thanks to a good distraction movement by Maximiliano Romero and was served to
Luciano Gondou
, who did not miss against the goalkeeper.
Gimnasia soon knew that if he continued like this he would not be able to have a chance on the sunny afternoon of
Diego Armando Maradona
.
That's why Leonardo Carol Madelón had to make some adjustments.
He reorganized the midfield, which was losing ground, and went from 4-4-2 to 4-2-3-1.
Thus, with a greater presence in the middle zone, he balanced the process, he fought against the local team to dispute the ball and even tested Ruso Rodríguez with a couple of mid-distance shots from Eric Ramírez and Benjamín Domínguez, who started on the right and then he looked more comfortable when he moved on the left wing.
UP THE BUG ⚽
Maxi Romero let it pass and Luciano Gondou did not fail for the 1-0 of Argentinos over Gimnasia #LPFxTNTSports pic.twitter.com/ljcPSHcAHo
— TNT Sports Argentina (@TNTSportsAR) March 6, 2024
But the Bug beaked again before the Wolf noticed.
Five minutes into the second half when Oroz's free kick shook the crossbar and the rebound was capitalized by
Alan Lescano
to define against an Insfrán that was still recovering from the volley.
That power of efficiency solved everything for Argentinos.
THE LAW OF THE EX FOR THE SECOND OF THE BICHO ⚽
Free kick to the crossbar by Oroz and Alan Lescano scored on the rebound for Argentinos' 2-0 win over Gimnasia #LPFxTNTSports pic.twitter.com/FnIrtl4wJ8
— TNT Sports Argentina (@TNTSportsAR) March 6, 2024
Beyond fruitless attempts from afar, as in the first half, the team from La Plata could not even score a goal.
That goal from Lescano was a lethal blow and sealed the third consecutive defeat away from Bosque.
The figure of Madelón is under the magnifying glass of the La Plata fans and this new blow left him even more weakened.