The Tigre team achieved a home victory of 1-0 against Unión de Santa Fe in the third round of Zone A of the Apertura Tournament of the Professional Football League. The match took place at the Jose Dellagiovanna stadium. The only goal of the match was scored by Nehuen Paz in the 42nd minute of the first half. Meanwhile, in the 42nd minute of the second half, Unión suffered the expulsion of their goalkeeper Thiago Cardozo.
"Tatengue" arrived at the game with uneven performance, having won 3-0 against Vélez and lost 1-0 to Argentinos Juniors. However, with this victory, they collected three points and are getting closer to the round of 16. On the other hand, the Santa Fe team has yet to win in the championship, with a loss to Estudiantes and a 1-1 draw with Boca.
In the first half of the match, the team led by Diego Dabove was superior, managing to capitalize on their dominance with Paz's goal, who connected with a header after a corner from the right. With Unión pushing forward in search of the equalizer, goalkeeper Cardozo was sent off for handling the ball outside the area. Due to the lack of substitutions, Claudio Corvalán had to take over as goalkeeper and keep his goal intact until the end of the match.
