Rosario Central defeated Newell's 2-0 in a match where the teams' difference in class was decisive. The game was played at the Marcelo Bielsa stadium for the eighth matchday of the 2026 Torneo Apertura. According to the Argentine News Agency, the visiting team's goals were scored by Argentine star Ángel Di María and forward Enzo Copetti. With this win in a new edition of the Rosario Classic, 'El Canalla' reached fourth place in Group B of the Torneo Apertura with 14 points. Meanwhile, the team whose technical direction was again taken over by coach Frank Darío Kudelka is last in Group A and in the overall table, with two points and in the relegation zone. On matchday 10, the team coached by Jorge Almirón will visit Argentinos Juniors next Wednesday, March 11, at 5:30 PM, while 'La Lepra' will host Platense on Tuesday, March 10, starting at 5:30 PM. The visitors' first chance came in the seventh minute with a cross to the far post from the left by forward Julián Fernández, which curled against the angle of goalkeeper Williams Barlasina, who managed to deflect it for a corner. The hosts had their first chance in the eighth minute with a high turnover on the left by winger Walter Núñez, who took on goalkeeper Jeremías Ledesma and played the ball back for forward Juan Ramírez, although his shot at an open goal was blocked by a defender. Two minutes later, Núñez received the ball on the left in a counterattack, cut inside, and fired a right-footed shot that hit the right post of Ledesma, leaving a rebound that Ramírez could not push into the goal from close range. Central opened the scoring in the sixth minute of the second half, with a cross from the left to the far post, which forward Alejo Véliz controlled and laid back for the unmarked Di María, who volleyed a low shot that went in off the right post of Barlasina. There were no more chances until the 25th minute, when a chest control and a turn-and-cross from left-back Enzo Giménez set up a header to the far post by Véliz, which went wide. Three minutes later, midfielder Jaminton Campaz shot from the edge of the area, kept the rebound of his own shot, and shot again with his right foot, with the shot going just wide of the angle. In the 29th minute, Campaz himself dribbled down the left and surprised with a powerful shot to the far post, which Barlasina stopped with a good reaction. In the 35th minute, a corner to the near post was flicked on to the far post for the arrival of forward Enzo Copetti, who won the physical battle with his marker and pushed the ball into the net to make it 2-0. Five minutes later, forward Luciano Herrera received a long pass that left him one-on-one with Ledesma, although his low central shot was easily saved by the goalkeeper. Match Summary: Torneo Apertura 2026. Interzonal. Matchday 8. Newell's 0 - 2 Rosario Central. Stadium: Marcelo Bielsa. Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez. VAR: Héctor Paletta. Newell's: Williams Barlasina; Armando Méndez, Saúl Salcedo, Nicolás Goitea, Gabriel Risso Patrón; Luca Regiardo, Rodrigo Herrera, Valentino Acuña; Luciano Herrera, Juan Ignacio Ramírez, Walter Núñez. DT: Frank Kudelka. Rosario Central: Jeremías Ledesma; Emanuel Coronel, Ignacio Ovando, Gastón Ávila, Agustín Sandez; Franco Ibarra, Vicente Pizarro; Enzo Giménez, Ángel Di María, Julián Fernández; Alejo Véliz.
