In the 14th round of the Argentine football league, Lanús narrowly defeated Banfield 1-0 in a home match, known as the "Clásico del Sur". The game was held at the Néstor Díaz Pérez stadium. The only goal of the match was scored by Colombian forward Yoshan Valois in the 43rd minute of the second half. With this result, Mauricio Pellegrino's team reduced Banfield's lead in their historical head-to-head to 11 matches, reached 22 points, and climbed to third place in Zone A. In the next round, Banfield will host Independiente Rivadavia of Mendoza at the Florencio Sola stadium. In the first half, Banfield took the lead with a goal from Uruguayan forward Mauro Méndez, but the referee, Nicolás Ramírez, used VAR to disallow it for an offside position. In the second half, Lanús broke the deadlock with Valois's goal. In the upcoming fixture, Lanús will visit Gimnasia de Mendoza.
