Velez defeated Racing by 1 to 0 and is the absolute leader of the Professional Football League 2024. With this result, Fortín has 36 units through eleven wins, three draws and three losses. 30 goals for and only 11 against. Your escort is Hurricane with 31. While Workshops complete the podium with 30 and less game. Ten dates left.
Victory achieved, Brian Romero He was chosen as the figure of the meeting. The forward scored the only goal of the duel with a header thanks to a cross from Thiago Fernandez. These were his feelings: “The truth is that we played a great game. We were not good in the last pass, we had several situations. But the prize came at the end of so much insistence”.
He also added the following: “We played a great game today. We tried until the end. This team knows how to reverse results. Today we knew that we had to show a show of character. We are happy. I live very peacefully thanks to the work of my colleagues. I am very happy for them”.
While he closed with these words: “There is still a long way to go, our first objective is to qualify for the cups. Today we are strong at home, we will see near the end of the championship.” As an extra fact, Romero is also the second top scorer in the Professional League with 16 goals.
Vélez has ten games left in the Professional League. The following will be in Liniers: Belgrano, Tigre, Lanús, Sarmiento and Huracán. While you will visit these teams: River, Argentinos Juniors, Deportivo Riestra, Godoy Cruz and Unión. It is worth remembering that the Quinteros team is also in the semifinals of the Argentine Cup.
Is the racing dream over?
On the Racing side, they fell to 7th place with 25 points. Therefore, several sectors consider that the Academy was left out of the fight for the championship. Although looking to the future it still has to continue adding units in the annual table.
After today’s defeat, Racing’s next match will take place once the race ends. FIFA date where the Argentine National Team will face Venezuela y Chile. Reviewing the calendar, the Costas team will face each other with Defense and Justice in the Cilindro de Avellaneda on Saturday, October 19 or Sunday, October 20.