In the second semi-final played at the Tomás Adolfo Ducó de Huracán stadium, the “Matador” won it by the goal of alexis castro at 10 minutes of the second half, but the “Bicho”, with one less, tied it at 41 of the second through Gabriel Avalos.
In the penalty shootout, Tiger was more accurate than Argentines who threw two to the crossbar and one was saved by Gonzalo Marinelli.
37 minutes into the first half, Argentines he was left with one less player due to the expulsion of Gabriel Florentin after a VAR intervention.
The referee Andrés Merlos had given him the yellow card for a hard kick on Sebastián Prediger but at the request of Héctor Paletta, in charge of the VAR, he changed his decision and expelled the “Bicho” midfielder.
Tigre, who returned to the First Division in November of last year, will once again enjoy a final for the title against none other than Boca Juniors.
Victoria’s team won the 2019 League Cup final against “Xeneize” despite the fact that they had already relegated to the second category.
Now the team led by Diego Martinezthe same DT of the promotion, will try to repeat the feat of that formation led by Néstor Gorosito in the Mario Alberto Kempes, the same scenario of the final next Sunday 22.
Tiger, with the base of the team that returned to First, will also face again the team led by Sebastian Battaglia that almost left him out of the final phase with the defeat on the last date of zone B.
Finally, the “Matador” went on to finish third, swept River Plate in Núñez and is now going for his second star in Córdoba against Boca.
Martínez’s team, who directed in the five categories of Argentine soccer and also in the lower ones of Boca, suffered to reach the final because they won and played with one more but the goal of Avalos At the end, he took the definition to penalties.
With marinelli, who next to Prediger, Menossi and Galmarini was in the final of 2019, as a figure and a great precision of the executors, Tiger got into a definition for the Cup title.
After the surprises they gave in the quarterfinals eliminating two candidates for the title, Tigre and Argentines they arrived at the Tomás Adolfo Ducó stadium in search of a place in the final.
Gabriel Millitocoach of the La Paternal team, had two casualties due to the suspensions of Miguel Torrén and Matías Galarza.
The youthful Marco Di Cesare entered for the historic defender, while the surprise was in the inclusion of Franco Moyano to reinforce the midfield over Nicolás Reniero.
In the Victoria team, Diego Martínez repeated the team that achieved the feat in the Monumental with the victory against River.
In a very even first half, the two teams fulfilled the mission of annulling the virtues of their rival.
For this reason, the archers had no work and the few approaches were shots deflected without much danger.
Argentinos tried with a medium-distance shot from Gabriel Carabajalat 10′, and Tigre responded at 30′ with a faulty left-footed shot from Lucas Blondel.
After the first half hour came the play of the expulsion of Florentín, who spent revolutions in the framework of the game “swept” to put pressure on Prediger and took the ankle of the experienced midfielder.
The game continued but Merlos showed him a yellow card when the game was stopped, although seconds later, the judge received the call from the VAR to review the play on the screen where he warned that the infraction was for expulsion.
In the ten minutes that Tigre played with one more, he was unable to take advantage of the advantage and went to rest without being able to create any danger for “Bicho’s” defense, which, like against Estudiantes, was left with one less with a long stretch of the match to go. in front of.
The second half had all the emotions as Tigre came out determined to take advantage of the extra player and he did it quickly.
At 10 minutes, Matthew Retegui he put together a good play on the left and threw the center for the surprise appearance of “Pucho” Castro, author of 1-0.
with the advantage, Tiger He tried to take possession of the ball but never felt comfortable and little by little he was falling back meters before the push of Argentinos.
With a lot of pride, as in La Plata, the team that leads military He went to look for the goal with one player less and got it towards the end when Tigre dangerously played in his field.
The Paraguayan striker Gabriel Ávalos received in the large area and with a soft left foot shot above Marinelli he scored a great goal and the agonizing draw.
On penalties, luck (and precision) were on Tigre’s side because Magnín, Prieto and Blondel converted, Marinelli saved Vera’s first and Zalazar and Reniero hit the crossbar with their shot; while the only one who could score for the “Bicho” was the Paraguayan Ávalos.
Formations
Tiger: Gonzalo Marinelli; Lucas Blondel, Víctor Cabrera, Abel Luciatti and Sebastián Prieto; Ezequiel Fernández and Sebastián Prediger; Alexis Castro, Cristian Zabala, Facundo Colidio; and Mateo Retegui. DT: Diego Martinez.
Argentine Juniors: Federico Lanzillotta; Kevin Mac Allister, Marco Di Cesare and Lucas Villalba; Fausto Vera and Franco Moyano; Thiago Nuss, Gabriel Florentín, Gabriel Carabajal and Mariano Bíttolo; Gabriel Avalos. DT: Gabriel Milito.
Goals in the second half, 10m. Alexis Castro (T) and 41m. Gabriel Avalos (AJ)
Changes: in the second half, 17m. Nicolás Reniero for Carabajal (AJ) and David Zalazar for Bíttolo (AJ); 23m. Pablo Magnín for Retegui (T) and Ijiel Protti for Castro (T); 24m. Gastón Verón for Nuss (AJ); 35m. Lucas Menossi for Fernández (T) and Agustín Baldi for Colidio (T); 47m. Agustín Obando for Zabala (T).
Admonished: Retegui, Fernández (T); Vera, Di Cesare (AJ)
Incidents: in the first half, 37m. sent off Gabriel Florentín (AJ).
Penalties: Vera (Marinelli saved), Magnín (goal), Ávalos (goal), Prieto (goal), Zalazar (crossbar), Blondel (goal) and Reniero (crossbar).
Stadium: Tomás Adolfo Ducó.
Referee: Andres Merlos.
Source: Ambito
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