“Felipe Anso was cautioned for a foul, setting an early aggressive tone to the contest and signalling that neither side would give ground cheaply.”
“Santiago López picked up the third yellow card of the first half just before the break, underlining how physical and ill-tempered the opening 45 minutes had been, with both sides happy to cynically stop transitions.”
“With Tigre reduced to ten men, both managers moved quickly with substitutions — Aldosivi threw on Tiago Serrago and Juan Villalba to try to exploit the numerical advantage, but the final pressure never truly materialised into clear-cut chances.”
Aldosivi
Tigre
Outstanding performance
Aldosivi•MidfielderNeither side could find the breakthrough in a scrappy, fractious affair at Mar del Plata, with the match ultimately remembered more for Gonzalo Requena's reckless double booking than anything resembling quality in the final third. Aldosivi were the more aggressive attacking force on paper, racking up 21 shots to Tigre's 13 and winning 52 dangerous attacks compared to 38, but their wastefulness was staggering — only four of those shots troubled the keeper, and their one big chance went begging. Tigre, meanwhile, settled into a pragmatic shape, enjoyed 54% of possession and circulated the ball with 79% pass accuracy, content to absorb pressure and hit on the counter, though they too squandered their sole big chance of the game. The dismissal of Requena in the 78th minute opened the door for Aldosivi to push for a late winner, but the home side lacked the composure to capitalise, and both teams walk away with a point that arguably satisfies neither in what is shaping up to be a fiercely competitive title race.
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