The La Plata classic was devoured by the preview, the weather, the entry of the teams, the flags and the screams of the Estudiantes fans. Football and emotions were almost non-existent. The 0-0 result was the consequence of a low-flying, stuck, nervous and closed game in which the local team had the ball without knowing exactly why and Gimnasia took what they came looking for: a draw that leaves them in the same place where it was at the beginning. With 37 points, they share the penultimate place in the annual table with Vélez and should play a tiebreaker to determine who leaves and who stays in the First Division.
There are not enough fingers on one hand to review the arrivals of Students. In the first half, goalkeeper Durso sent a shot from outside the Santiago AscacÍbar area to the corner and then saved a header from Federico Fernández. In the second, another advance header from Santiago Nuñez came out near the left post and at the end, a cross shot from Eros Mancuso passed not far from the right upright. Before and after, nothing at all. Gymnastics was even less. Some shot from Eric Ramirez, some attack from Tarragona and that’s it.
Estudiantes worried so much about handling the ball well that they forgot about everything else. He never accelerated the pace from three quarters of the court onwards. Therefore, to ensure the destination so much, its transfer was slow, dense and without surprises. Rarely, he was almost never able to verticalize his game. Not even when Mauro Boselli entered in place of the Chilean Altamirano to accompany the Uruguayan Mauro Méndez upstairs. Benjamín Rollheiser and José Sosa, until he was replaced by Fernando Zuqui, tried to provide clarity but did not find an echo in the majority of their teammates, who were more concerned with running and scoring than with playing.
Gimnasia must be recognized for its defensive order, its concentration, its effort and its commitment. He did not go too far back, in the second half he even shared possession of the ball and knew how to carry out his idea of waiting from the middle to the back and betting on direct play. He has little and it is not for nothing that he fights to maintain the category. But he played a good game if these limitations and his situation in the table are taken into account. The weight of the party had to be carried by Estudiantes. And from what he saw, it is too difficult for him to assume that role.
Estudiantes have not won on their home field for the local championships for two months and in that condition they won one of their last seven games. In other words, they have not been able to build a strong home team and in the classic they showed it again. Gimnasia is not doing better outside the Forest: they have nine games without a win as a visitor. Playing the way they played, it will be some more time before they can break those streaks.
2023-10-02 02:12:36
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