Photo: Laura Lescano.
Belgrano, from Córdoba, achieved an important and fair victory this Thursday night by defeating Estudiantes de La Plata 2-1 at home in the match that opened the Professional League Cup, corresponding to Zone 2.
Forward Lucas Passerini, who came to replace Pablo Vegetti, scored the two “celestial” goals, 30 minutes into the first half, from a penalty, and 17 minutes into the plugin, while Mauro Boselli (7m. ST) had put the transitory equality for the visit.
The victory that gives Belgrano the first 3 points in the tournament, allows him to reach 39 units in the annual table, and dreams of getting into the international cup zone, while the La Plata team remains with 45, in the fifth placement of that seasonal columning.
The local production was very good in the first half, because they came out determined to put pressure on their rival, and achieved their goal without giving the “pincha” any more chances, who lost the midfield fight despite the deployment of Santiago Ascacíbar.
It is that the “pirate” became strong with the presence of Santiago Longo in the middle, who recovered and distributed well to Matías Marín, who with good judgment connected in attack with Facundo Lencioni and Lucas Passerini.
Photo: Laura Lescano.
Belgrano was clear in the search for Mariano Andújar’s goal, and in a good climb from the left, Lencioni reached the bottom, after a rebound from Leonardo Godoy, the ball remained for him again and when he faced the goal he was brought down by the same Estudiantes defender and the referee Nicolás Lamolina did not hesitate to score the penalty.
The rookie Passerini took over, setting up the shot from 12 steps next to Andújar’s left post and making it 1-0 in half an hour of play.
There was no immediate reaction from the visit, “B” was solid in all its lines and managed to continue worrying the last line of La Plata. So it was that as soon as the complement began, he had the chance to increase, but Lautaro Pastrán’s shot, another rookie as well as the youthful center-back Matías Moreno, went just wide.
With little, the “puncture” reached the tie when, after a corner kick, Luciano Lollo put the ball back into the area and after a rebound, the striker Boselli entered the middle without a mark, who, well positioned, only had to push to the bottom of the net. network to put the 1 to 1.
Photo: Laura Lescano.
The development was done back and forth after the equality, it seemed that Estudiantes were settling in and encouraged to go for more, but Guillermo Farré’s team did not despair and went looking for him, until in a play that had a couple of rebounds in the area, the ball fell to Passerini, who with a precise touch of volley with his right foot settled the ball next to the far post and put his team ahead again.
Eduardo Domínguez’s team had no answers, they never found optimal performance or clarity in the search for an equalizer, while the scorer Passerini had a couple more chances to increase the advantage for the locals, including a distant free kick that was brushing the right angle.
“B” will have a difficult stop on the second date when they visit San Lorenzo, while the “pincha” will receive Unión at their La Plata stadium, although before, next Tuesday, a “brava stop” will be played in Brazil , when visiting Corinthians, in São Paulo, for the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana quarterfinals.
2023-08-18 04:22:29
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