Racing Club and Godoy Cruz tied 1-1 in an attractive match played this Monday at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza, valid for the sixth day of the League Cup.
Tadeo Allende opened the score in the second half for the Mendoza team, but in the agony – and with one more player because Thomas Galdames saw red – the Colombian Roger Martínez tied it for Fernando Gago’s team, who remain leaders in Zone B.
A few seconds had passed into the duel when Conechny wanted to surprise the Chilean Arias from mid-range and his shot went just high.
It was perhaps an indicator that the process was going to be intense and dizzying. In fact, in the reply the Academy warned, with a good play on the right in which Martirena gave way to Roger Martínez, who hit him first with class, although he lacked aim.
But the procedure that seemed attractive between two teams on the right footing ended up falling into a tremendous slump. Martínez and Juanfer Quintero, the talented Colombians on the visit, could not associate themselves wisely. And Racing suffered from that.
Tomba had another very clear chance in a play from the left that the Uruguayan Rodríguez almost scored into the net before Piovi’s late mark. Immediately, Orsi’s team had it twice with Allende, who narrowly missed the header in the first and in the second his shot at the gate of the area managed to be cleared by the desperate cross of the youthful Kozlovsky.
Racing looked slow, as if his legs were heavy. Roger had an excellent opportunity to leave his compatriot Quintero in front of the goal, but the authorization of the 10 for the former River Plate midfielder ended up being defective.
To make matters worse, an advance by Conechny on the left – the weak strip of the dormant Racinguista last line – caused the hasty exit of Arias, who immediately had to make an effort to cover López Muñoz’s corner shot.
Gago’s team could not get out of the siege of its host and after a corner again Conechny, this time with a header and unmarked, almost got the first shout before the break.
The entry of Almendra into the complement seemed to breathe another dynamic into Racing. But a new lack of intelligence in the middle of the field allowed the escape of Roberto Fernández, who opened for the free entry of López Muñoz, although he defined poorly.
Then “Russian” Rodríguez -almost another spectator during the first stage- took a bad shot from the goal, Quintero caught it, who brilliantly opened for Roger, but the Colombian striker did not dare to hit him and the play was diluted.
Godoy Cruz warned again with a header from Fernández. Then Allende recovered the ball in midfield, began a lightning run that neither Rojas nor Piovi could control and crowned his personal effort with a great goal.
The Academy outlined a reaction with Martínez pivoting and Rojas running, sending her high up. Meanwhile, Tomba had the second annulled via VAR after the recently introduced Barrea converted from offside. Until a strike by the Chilean Galdames on Nardoni left the Mendoza team with ten.
With one more, Racing went to tie or die with many people in attack. Although he encountered the figure of “Ruso” Rodríguez, who drowned out the screams of “Maxi” Romero and Martínez, in addition to having the good fortune that a shot from Oroz burst a corner of his goal.
Until Martínez got revenge and with a shot that entered the goal as if asking for permission, he marked equality for the Academy, which in additional time almost turned it around with the conquest of Rojas, later annulled by Hauche’s previous and finite offside.
It was an unpredictable and all-out ending between two teams that thus preserved their respective undefeated in the tournament.
2023-09-26 01:49:48
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