Athens came out strong on “July 9” and got three points on their return after the free date. On the fourteenth day of the Federal A tournament, Ferro Carril Oeste defeated General Pico 3–1 and avenged the clash in the first round (0–3 loss). Javier Pereira and Ezequiel Bardín – two – gave the victory to the Arreros team.
“It’s always important to win at home, you have to get local points yes or yes, Thank God we returned to winning and overcame a 3–2 defeat after a 2–0 win in Mendoza”, said Pereira, once the “elbow” victory had ended.
Ateneas came from a free date, and was down 3–2 with Huracan in Las Heras after going up 2–0 on the scoreboard earlier. In addition, he received ferro from General Pico, a cast that gave him his worst first round defeat – so far – in his journey through the category.
“The game there was unusual, everything went wrong for us but those are football things. Today (for Sunday) things went well for us and we are left with a well-deserved win”, declared Pereira. Joe was also happy to score his first goal as a professional.
One of the speakers was Hugo Paniagua, one of the early defenders of Athens: “We are happy because we embodied our idea and accompanied it with results. During the week we studied and we knew that Fero was weak on the flanks, that’s where we took advantage.
“Elbow” peaked at number 17 over 14 dates, peaking at number five in Zone B. Currently outside the playoff qualifying zone, but 12 points above last place (Sportivo Peñarol de San Juan). This last piece of information is essential to his desire to stay in the category and settle down.
“There are mistakes we must continue to work on, we are going to improve with the games. But we feel good, the important thing is that these victories help us to move forward. Now we are going to seek victory in San Luis, because we had a bitter feeling when we got Estudiantes (3-3 tie) in a game that we deserved to win”, commented Paniagua. Did.
As the defender announced, the next thing for Ateneas will be his commitment against Sportivo Estudiantes de San Luis, a team that lost 2-1 against Huracan Las Heras this Sunday and remains in eighth place with 10 points.
RESULTS OF DATE 14 IN ZONE B OF FEDERAL A
- United Youth (SL) 0 – Ciudad Bolivar 0
- Tornado Las Heras 2 – Sportivo Estudiantes (SL) 1
- Argentina from San Martin (M) 0 – Monte Mize 0
- Athens 3 – Faro de General Pico 1
- Free: Sportivo Peñarol (SJ).
