Yonathan Cabral, 30 minutes into the first half, opened the scoring for Jorge Almirón’s team.
Already in the supplement, José Sand, at 28 minutes, and Alexander Bernabei, at 36, rounded off the victory “Granate”, while Carlos Rodríguez, at 31, discounted for the Ecuadorian cast.
In the midst of a process that was balanced at times, it was almost always the local team that tried the most offensively and won fairly.
The terrible present of the group from the South of Greater Buenos Aires in the vernacular tournament is finding a kind of consolation in the continental competition. Without the brilliance of the best days, the “Garnet” assumed a leading role from the very beginning of the match.
It was only after 24 minutes that a header by José López caused a major effort by goalkeeper Burrai, who exposed his own physique in order to deflect the ball.
A few minutes later, a clear foul by the always annoying Lautaro Acosta on the goalkeeper and an arm placed too high by Belmonte must have prompted the erratic Brazilian referee Arley de Araujo to annul the victory in a maneuver that was invalidated twice. It mattered little to Cabral, who opened the scoring from close range.
If the development was always too short, from the aforementioned juncture the match at times was denatured and the strong leg was imposed due to the inaction of the match judge.
A Bernabei escape from the left led to a cross to the legendary Sand, who increased the difference by propelling the ball with the sole.
However, the Ecuadorian side quickly discounted after defender Carlos Rodríguez took advantage of a header transfer from Garcés.
At the end and to clear up any doubts, a superb shot by the excluding figure of the court Alexander Bernabei that embedded itself in the upper right corner of the visiting goalkeeper demolished the aspirations of Jorge Célico’s formation.
Synthesis
Lanus 3 – Barcelona 1.
Stadium: Lanus.
Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araujo (Brazil).
Lanus: Fernando Monetti; Brian Aguirre, Matías Pérez, Yonathan Cabral, Alexander Bernabei; Lautaro Acosta, Maximiliano González, Tomás Belmonte, Nicolás Pasquini; Jose Lopez and Jose Sand. DT: Jorge Almiron.
Barcelona: Javier Burraí; Pedro Velasco, Carlos Rodríguez, Luca Sosa, Leonel Quiñoñez; Bruno Piñatares, Michael Carcelén, Adonis Preciado, Damián Díaz, Jonathan Perlaza; Gonzalo Mastriani. DT: Jorge Celico.
Goal in the first half: 30m Cabral (L).
Goals in the second half: 28m Sand (L), 31m C.Rodríguez (B), 41m Bernabei (L).
Changes in the first half: 12m Erick Castillo for Preciado (B), 30m Gabriel Cortez for D. Díaz (B).
Changes in the second half: at the start, Carlos Garcés for Perlaza (B) and Ángel González for Pasquini (L), 24m Cristian Penilla for Carcelén (B), 38m Lucas Varaldo for Sand (L), 44m Julián Aude for Bernabei (L), 45m Mateo Sanabria for L.Acosta (L), 50m Diego Braghieri by López (L).
Source: Ambito
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