Racing shone again: they beat Tigre 4-0 and were provisional leaders of the Professional League :: Olé

Sitting in the winning corner, Gustavo Costas He has as his pupil the Mike Tyson of the 90s. His racing He has the heaviest hands in Argentine football. In no time he is able to destroy his opponent. He hits hard and repeats. The Academy knocks out. With air, no one can stand. The numbers speak of a team that is sweeping. He has nine goals this season, he has the most goals in local football (35), he has scored 14 in his last four games and He has a guy who scored 19 of the last 20 times he went out on the court.. That is Wonder Martinez.

But this knockout has a weak point. That’s why, despite having champion numbers, he still didn’t win the crown and disappointed. He wasn’t even close. He has a chin that is still fragile. If he doesn’t cover himself, they hit him. It happened to him in the League Cup with a slump in the middle of the competition that left him without a quarterfinal despite ending up winning seven in a row counting all fronts. Also in the Argentine Cup, where Talleres de Escalada eliminated him. And even in Córdoba, where they beat 4-1 and ended up tying 4-4. Racing de Costas would have had 10 wins.

But there goes the Academy once again. With the handicap of having the best attack in Argentine football, it can cover up some shortcomings. It happened again on the cold Victoria night. If there is something that simplifies everything for Racing, it is that it does not need much to get ahead. The goal comes so easily to him that in the first half he barely scored three times on goal and led 2-0 at halftime. What’s more, it was only two plays. At seven minutes, Sosa played a perfect long pass to Urzi. The former Banfield executed an oriented control to buy time for the defender and crossed for Maravilla. The nine anticipated great but ran into a good reaction from Zenobio. On the rebound, Martirena sent it to save.

Costas’ team did not play a good first half. In fact, Matador stole the ball from him but he never had the tools to go deep. And Racing, in the last one, got the badge of having the best 9 in the country. Salas crossed, Urzi touched it inside the area (they gave him a penalty) and the ball, like a magnet, was left to Adrian. He stopped it with his left foot, quickly to the right and a great goal from a half turn. Animal. On par with the best on the planet.

From there, the most interesting thing was not the feet of the Racing players, but their heads. Above all when four minutes into the second half Salas defined with top hierarchy, made it 3-0 and gave the visit another win. How was he going to respond after what happened with Belgrano? This was the worst thing that could happen to poor Tigre. The Academy redoubled its desire to attack even more and could have scored no less than seven goals. And he wanted to do them. Almendra had a shot blocked with the goal almost alone, Salas finished two heads-up badly and the entered Roger had another pair annulled due to an advanced position. There was a fourth. Penalty to Urzi and goal from Juanferanother who had entered to add minutes.

Yes, Racing also has a rich squad. When you plant it, it scares you…