Gimnasia y Esgrima achieved a great success this Sunday by beating the leader Nueva Chicago 2 to 1 at home in the featured match on date 34 of Zone B of the Primera Nacional tournament, a result that puts it fully back in the fight since it was just two points from the top of the table.
The match was played at the Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie stadium, with the refereeing of Maximiliano Macheroni, who awarded two dubious penalties, one for each side.
With this result, Lobo ended a streak of six games in a row without wins and was left with 56 points, two behind Torito, who with 58 remains the only leader but must be attentive to what happens this Monday with San Telmo, which has 56 and visit to Atlanta at 9:10 p.m.
At 36 minutes into the first half, Nueva Chicago had a very clear chance, when Iván Maggi appeared alone in the area to connect a cross from the left and in an unbeatable position he headed very badly and threw the ball out.
Gimnasia responded a minute later, also with a very clear chance. Luis Silba brought it down in the area and left it to Nicolás Romano, who at the gate of the small area scored with a right foot that went very high.
At the end of the first half, at 44 minutes, Lobo came close to opening the scoring with a free kick from Nazareno Solís, who executed well with his left foot, surpassed the barrier and the ball went just high when it was looking for the upper right corner of the rival goalkeeper.
In the second half, at 15 minutes, the referee signaled a penalty for Gimnasia after an involuntary handball in the area. Leandro Ciccolini took charge of the execution and with a subtle touch deceived the goalkeeper to establish the 1-0 in favor of the local team.
At 20 minutes, the referee compensated and awarded a penalty to Nueva Chicago, when Ramiro Balbuena fell alone in the area while disputing a ball with Ignacio Antonio, who did not foul him.
Tomás Rossi was in charge of kicking the penalty for Torito and with a right cross he did not miss and put things 1 to 1 at the Víctor Legrotaglie.
At the end of the game, at 48 minutes and when it seemed that everything was ending tied, Gimnasia made the most of a stopped ball and found the second goal of the game.
After a corner kick from the left, Gastón Espósito won the lead and with a header put the score at 2 to 1 and unleashed madness in the stands of the Mensana stadium.
