Buenos Aires, January 22 -- Aldosivi and Defensa y Justicia drew 0-0 at the José María Minella stadium in the debut match of the first round of the 2026 Apertura Tournament of the Professional Football League (LPF). In a match where both teams were not sharp in their areas, the squad coached by Mariano Soso had the clearest plays through striker Juan Miritello, but without enough weight to win them. During the first half, the most dangerous approaches came from the visiting team. On the other side, Ayrton Portillo tried from a distance, although his shot went wide. Match summary: Apertura Tournament 2026. Round 1. Aldosivi 0-0 Defensa y Justicia. Stadium: José María Minella. Referee: Daniel Zamora. VAR: Fabricio Llobet. Aldosivi: Axel Werner; Rodrigo González, Matías Morello, Joaquín Novillo, Fernando Román Villalba; Martin Garcia, Federico Gino, Roberto Bochi, Esteban Rolón; Natanael Guzmán and Agustín Palavecino. Coach: Guillermo Farré. Defensa y Justicia: Cristopher Fiermarín; Damián Fernández, Lucas Souto, David Martínez; Ayrton Portillo, Santiago Sosa, Julián López, Elías Pereyra; Rubén Botta, Juan Manuel Gutiérrez; Juan Miritello. Coach: Mariano Soso. Second half substitutions: 19m Abiel Osorio for Gutiérrez (DyJ); 24m Alan Sosa for M. García (A); Tomás Fernández for Guzmán (A); 25m Lucas Rodríguez for Novillo (A); 31m Mateo Aguiar for Pereyra (DyJ); Samuel Lucero for Botta (DyJ); 39m Alejandro Villareal for Rolón (A); Franco Leys for Bochi (A); 49m Nazareno Roselli for D. Fernández (DyJ). Aldosivi only managed to shoot with intention at 15 minutes, through a shot by Martín García that Cristopher Fiermarín controlled without any problem. The clearest chance came from a free kick by Rubén Botta that forced Axel Werner, who responded with a good intervention next to his right post. Defensa again bothered with a burst from Héctor David Martínez that Juan Miritello could not define under the arch, and before the break Lucas Souto headed the last risk arrival for the Shark. In the second half the course did not show variants.
