Newell's achieved a promising win in its first friendly of the year as First year friendly Newell achieves win!

Newell's surpassed 3-to-1 Students of Río Cuarto in the first pre-season rehearsal, with goals from Gato Formica (2) and Fiera Rodríguez.

Newell’s got moving. The team of Frank Darío Kudelka played yesterday morning the first pre-season friendly and after 70 minutes he won 3 to 1 Students of Río Cuarto, well present in the First National. The red and black goals were the work of Mauro Formica (two) and Maxi Rodríguez, the leper soccer leaders. The rehearsal was behind closed doors for both the public and the press and was played at the Colossus Marcelo Bielsa.

As the match was held behind closed doors, talking about the game is reckless. The statistical details of the essay were barely known and Ovación collected some voices from the few attendees on the morning of the Colossus. In the first duel the leper holders played that could be of the game in the resumption of the Super League (see page 8), in which except a reprogramming would be a visitor to Arsenal, on Saturday, January 25, by the 17th date of the Super League.

First year friendly Newell achieves win

The eleven Kudelka ordered were: Alan Aguerre; Angelo Gabrielli, Cristian Lema (who suffered a blow to the face and replaced Fontanini), Santiago Gentiletti and Mariano Bíttolo; Aníbal Moreno, Julián Fernández and Mauro Formica; Luis Leal, Lucas Albertengo and Maxi Rodríguez.

Newell’s took advantage in the initial stage with a great definition of Formica, first and angle, after a recovery and center of Maxi, at 34 minutes.

In the complement, at 26 ’, Maxi stretched the difference, defining after a diversion of the goalkeeper to a header from Leal. After discounting the visit through Ferreira and immediately the Formica Cat again extended the score with a free kick goal to decree 3-1, according to the official leper page.

According to eyewitnesses, the process of the match was even and it was logical for Newell’s to keep up the pace, but he looked neat with the ball. Gabrielli was shown as an attack option by the side, Fernandez brought balance, Formica was the most inspired from the middle forward and Maxi played a few meters late, as noted in the end of last year.

Meanwhile, the Jerónimo Cacciabué midfielder made differentiated movements and is still in frank recovery of the muscular injury that affected him in the last semester and it will be necessary to see if he can add minutes on Saturday, when also in the Colossus the second friendly against Columbus is played.

Triumph of the alternative

In the second 70-minute match, Newell’s imposed on Students of Río Cuarto by 1 to 0, with a goal from Enzo Cabrera, who at 30 ’of the complement billed as soon as he entered the Cordoba team. The eleven that Frank Darío Kudelka had: Ibáñez; Nadalín, Fontanini (Facundo Pardo), Freytes and Orihuela; Rivero, Villarruel, Denis Rodríguez; Alexis Rodríguez, Salinas and Insaurralde.

Loans for YPF: Nielsen achieves international financial assistance for state oil company

After starting his management with his left foot after Alberto Fernández's rejection of a rise in fuels arranged by YPF, Guillermo Nielsen now seems to have begun to take control of the state oil business.

Within that framework, it has just closed two millionaire loans with a foreign bank and an international financial organization for the development and construction of the Cañadón León wind farm located in Santa Cruz.

Together, there will be $ 150 million that the company will receive and will channel through its subsidiary YPF Luz to complete this park that promises to generate 120 MW of renewable power, equivalent to providing energy to some 150,000 homes.

The operation consists of a BNP Paribas Fortis loan of up to US $ 100 million with a guarantee from Euler Hermes, which is Germany's export credit agency. To this is added a loan from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC, former OPIC) for another $ 50 million.

The announcement of these investments coincided with the arrival at Puerto Deseado of 33 blades and 40 tower sections that will allow the completion of the equipment for the 29 wind turbines that will make up the park.

"This investment, which has the support of financial institutions, is a clear sign of YPF's ability to work with the most demanding credit agencies in the market, and also demonstrates that we are in a context of trust towards the country's economic future "said the president of the company, Guillermo Nielsen.

For his part, the CEO of YPF LUZ, Martín Mandarano, was "very satisfied to move quickly with the construction work of the Cañadón León wind farm and take concrete steps to generate wind power from Santa Cruz for all Argentines."

As for the details of the Cañadón León wind farm, the following stand out:

• Generate 120 MW of renewable source power
• 99 MW for the Wholesale Electricity Market awarded through the RenovAR program
• 21 MW for large users contributing in this way to the industrial and sustainable development of the country.
• Energy equivalent to the needs of about 150,000 homes
• Savings of 312,000 tons of CO2
• 29 wind turbines 4.2 MW each (General Electric)
• 53% capacity factor: an efficiency level of the highest in the world.
• 400 jobs in the construction stage
• 1870 hectares
• Construction of transformer station and interconnection line in 132kv of 3km in length, and another 50km line.
• Expansion of the Santa Cruz Norte substation in Pico Truncado to increase its transformation capacity by 150MW