Adios Promedio….

By: Frank | November 10th, 2008

Okay, I’ll admit it; I was feeling kind of crappy yesterday so I only saw the first half of the match (my second half observations were courtesy of YouTube), which wound up being a good thing since Racing scored both goals in the first 45. This win definitely helps La Academia move up in the promedio, and brings us up to seventh in the Apertura. Match summary and highlights after the jump.

Racing got off to the quick start they needed when in the opening 90 seconds, a Maxi Moralez corner was punched out by Marcos Gutiérrez only for it to be collected by José Luis Fernandez outside the area, where a low drive beat the keeper for his first goal of the season. 1-0 Racing. Continuing to build on the pressure, Racing nearly got a second when Pablo Lugüercio pulled the ball back into Moralez’s path; but the shot was saved by Gutiérrez. San Martín had their chances as well, but never really threatened Pablo Migliore. In the 25th minute, Franco Sosa was judged (wrongly, I think) to have taken down Patricio Pérez in the area. Surefire goal, right? If this was last year, then yeah, but since thankfully it’s not, Migliore came up huge with the save; the rebound then hit the side netting. Three minutes later, a Fernandez shot from outside the area was parried back into play by Gutiérrez, right into the path of Franco Peppino, who put the rebound in the back of the net. 2-0 Racing, and that’s how it stayed. However, San Martín did have a goal by Daniel Vega (correctly) ruled out for offside at the end of the half, and something tells me that if this was last season, we would probably be talking about a 2-2 draw here.

Not much to speak of in the second half, Migliore produced another fine save off a long distance shot by Pérez Castro and a Franco Sosa free kick hit the post. There was some crowd trouble when the San Martín supporters tried to break down a fence between themselves and the away support, which delayed the match. Overall, it was definitely a great result for Racing, putting more distance between ourselves and Rosario Central in the promedio. Racing came in with the intention to grab all three points, and did so with relative ease. I’d say that man of the match was Migliore for the massive save on the penalty, as well as making a few other critical stops. He definitely has a calmer presence than Gullotta, so I wouldn’t mind seeing him as the starter for the remained of the season. Next up for La Academia is a home match to Colón. I should have a preview up at the end of the week.

Highlights