The ball was rolling again and for every team, starting a new process with a smile is always positive: it gives more air for what is to come, avoids criticism from the first moment and means an important emotional boost. But that, precisely, is what Atlético Tucumán and Rosario Central -the current champion- lacked, on the first date of Zone A of the League Cup.
Both sets were on hand. after equalizing 1 to 1 at the José Fierro, in a match that lacked football, although the one who ended up celebrating, so to speak, was the Dean for the tie that came at the end. Because first the visit won him with a “canallada” of Luca Martinez Dupuy in the initial stage, but in the complement, when the match was dying, he appeared from the bench Mateo Coronel to leave the result in one Fair? Yeah.
It is also true that the result of the first game is not necessarily an omen of what is to come, but what both Central and Dean demonstrated in Monumental was to make it clear that there are things to improve. And although the Canalla knew how to pull the strings at the start of the match, with talent and individuals (although he missed the Colombian striker Jaminton Campaz -the figure of the champion-, and the injured Damián Martínez), the visitor knew how to carry out their game.
Then there was a poor first half for the Dean, with Joaquin Pereyra trying to lead his team forward; and on the other side, an active Central, with touches and opportunism. This is how the goal of the visit came: with an error by the local team. It was in the 22nd minute of the initial stage after a cross from the left. A (bad) short clearance in the debutant’s six-yard box Gonzalo Paz so that the ball is served Dupuy -well stopped like a good 9-, and with his shot he left the also debutant José Devecchi without a chance. So much already the bag. That goal from Canalla lowered the mood of the game. Central played its game and took care of the result. The Dean, little and nothing to reverse the situation.
But the complement arrived, which started out weak, stuck, but as the minutes passed the roles began to change. Atlético, more focused on the field than Russo’s team, began, with more heart than game, to want to reverse the situation. Orsi and Gómez reached out and put Coronel, the savior, Although, first, the venue announced the outcome of the final with a clear bomb by Agustín Lagos from the right that almost hit Jorge Broun from behind.
THE ONE WITH THE CUTE GOALS! MATTHEW COLONEL! The 37th of the Dean invented a pirouette and, near the end, gave the 1-1 to Atlético Tucumán vs. Central Rosary. pic.twitter.com/eEABiB4mi6
— SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) January 26, 2024
But later… Yes, the award arrived, although it had to be previously reviewed by the VAR. Estigarribia combed in the area and the entered Cornoel, with half scissors, equalized. Without time, the referee blew the final whistle and the tie was the fairest, in a match that lacked football, although, of course, this is just beginning.
