Buenos Aires, April 10 (NA) – Belgrano defeated Aldosivi 1-0 in the match they played tonight at the Julio César Villagra stadium, for the fourteenth date of the 2026 Apertura Tournament. According to the Argentine News Agency, the talented attacking midfielder Lucas Zelarayán scored the only goal of the night in the 28th minute of the first half. Additionally, the home team played with 10 footballers from the sixth minute of the second half, when midfielder Emiliano Rigoni received a red card for excessive verbal abuse against referee Daniel Zamora. With the victory, the team coached by Ricardo Zielinski moved up to fourth place in Zone B with 22 points, while the 'Shark' is second to last in the group with six points and the only position for relegation by averages. There were no dangerous arrivals until the 26th minute, when midfielder Lucas Zelarayán dodged a rival and took a long-range shot that came out with great power, surpassed goalkeeper Axel Werner and hit the crossbar. Just two minutes later, a cross from the right to the far post was headed down by the full-back Juan Velázquez so that the forward Nicolás 'Uvita' Fernández could send a low cross into the area for Zelarayán's shot, under the left post of Werner, to score 1-0. The home team played with a man less for most of the second half due to the expulsion of midfielder Emiliano Rigoni, at six minutes, for excessive verbal abuse. From the expulsion, the Mar del Plata team began to control the ball, although they had problems to generate dangerous situations, the first of them at 28 minutes, with a shot from the forward Agustín Palavecino that went low, weak and into the hands of goalkeeper Thiago Cardozo. The best arrival of the visit came at 37 minutes, when a mistake by the opposing goalkeeper left a loose ball in the area that was volleyed by the forward Junior Arias, with a shot that bounced, hit the crossbar and was cleared, on the line, by the central defender Leonardo Morales.
