The goals of the match, played at the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium in Córdoba, were from Gonzalo Ríos for the Salta (33m PT) and Domingo Blanco (46m PT).
In the penalties, the hero was the “red” goalkeeper Milton Álvarez, starter due to the absence of Sebastián Sosa (called up to the Uruguayan national team): he saved the shots of Mauricio Suica and Enzo Serrano.
If Independiente came to the break with a draw, it was only due to an individual maneuver by Domingo Blanco, who went to the left and took a cross shot to make it 1-1 when Pablo Dóvalo was about to end the first half.
Until then, “Rojo” had given another example of the confusion with which he walks in the Professional League Cup: a team with no connection between lines, little creation, many inaccuracies and a defense that is almost always disorganized and badly stopped.
Central Norte not only opposed him with enthusiasm but also with collective judgment and good individual performances, taking advantage of the opportunity to attack Independiente’s shortcomings in the Vigo sector. That’s where the opening of the score came, after a long serve by goalkeeper Hass; and for that strip, Magno was also very good.
The tie with which they went to halftime was, for all this, an exaggeration favorable to Independiente. And Blanco’s celebration, asking his fans for “silence” and kissing the shield, a synthesis of the climate that Eduardo Domínguez’s team is going through.
Independiente improved for the complement, especially after the good entry of Gastón Togni arriving at the quarter of an hour.
Avellaneda’s team became owners of the ball and gradually tilted the field towards Hass’s goal, but they continued to lack lights for the generation of risk plays beyond the fact that they had clear chances: a shot by Togni, another from Romero that hit the crossbar, a last one from Benegas that hit the post.
Central Norte, now yes, appealed to their pride to hide the differences and sustain the result: Álvarez’s goal was getting further and further away and it was a feat to reach the penalties.
I arrive. And until then she caught up with him. Álvarez was the “hero” and gave Independiente the classification, which in the next round will play the winner of the Atlético Tucumán-Brown de Adrogué match.
The other teams already classified for the 16th place in the competition are Banfield, Unión de Santa Fe, Lanús, Estudiantes de La Plata, Vélez Sarsfield, Independiente Rivadavia de Mendoza, Chaco For Ever, Talleres de Córdoba, Colón de Santa Fe, Argentinos Juniors, Agropecuario of Carlos Casares, River Plate and Boca Juniors.
Source: Ambito
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