Nueva Chicago sealed its pass to the semifinals of the Reduced First National by defeating Quilmes 1-0 at the República de Mataderos stadium. With a goal from Agustín Paz and taking advantage of his sporting advantage, Walter Perazzo’s team They left behind their irregular performance in the first leg and celebrated at home in front of their fans.
The match had a first half devoid of emotions, but everything changed at the start of the plugin. Just to the minute, After a series of rebounds in the visiting area, Paz defined with precision to unleash euphoria in Mataderos.
From that moment, Quilmes, forced to win due to Chicago’s sporting advantage, He turned to the attack, but his fate was complicated by a succession of expulsions.
In a period of three minutes, Quilmes suffered two red cards that buried his chances and “Torito” in an unusual way, also had one sent off.: Augustine Allendealready reprimanded, saw the second yellow for an unnecessary crossing. Then Santiago Moya was sent off for a fist blowand, in a unusual playEvelio Cardozo received the red card wrongly, he being the hit victim.
This confusion generated controversy, since Cardozo remained on the field for several seconds after the expulsion until he was removed by referee Juan Pablo Loustau.
With numerical superiority, Nueva Chicago controlled the matchalthough he wasted several chances to extend the lead. Whatilmes, for his part, unsuccessfully attempted a heroic comeback, that finally, the “Torito” of Mataderos celebrated its classification and awaits its next rival in the fight for the second promotion to the 2025 Professional League.
On Sunday, the remaining matches of the quarterfinals will be playedwhere the teams who finished better positioned and They have the sporting advantage, they will seek, from that additional advantage, the classification to the semifinals for him second promotion y accompany Aldosivi in First Division.
The first match will be between Deportivo Madryn against Gimnasia de Mendozawhere the local must overcome the 3-1 suffered in the first legtaking into account that With a favorable result by two goals, it leaves him among the four best.
On the other hand, San Martín de San Juan who beat All Boys 1-0 in Floresta, will receive the “Albo“who will go out to find the meeting, where victory must be achieved, with a difference of two goals. Finally, the last match will be between San Martín de Tucumán and San Telmoon the way, The “Holy Tucumán” became strong on Maciel Island and emerged victorious 2-1, after losing the final against the Mar del Plata team, and now will try to find a new final in the hope of returning to the first category of Argentine football.
