However, just 60 seconds later, the kid Nicolás Garayalde, one of those who had entered the cast of DT Alexander “Cacique” Medina, obtained the tie, with a tight shot, from outside the area.
The “Halcón” continues without winning so far in the championship and has barely celebrated a victory in the last 11 presentations that it exhibited as a local (adding all the competitions, including the South American Cup).
The Liniers team, which on Wednesday will take on the first leg of the Libertadores round of 16 against River Plate, added their second match without defeat, after last Monday’s 2-0 success with Rosario Central.
The development of the match was encouraged only in the final stretch. The first 75 minutes were an endless yawn, with two teams showing their lack of performance, despite plausible intentions to press in the rival field and attack with many players.
Defense and Justice, with a notorious number of casualties in recent days (Carlos Rotondi, Walter Bou and previously Miguel Merentiel) that endangered the continuity of DT Sebastián Beccacece (he has already announced that he will fulfill his contract and will leave in October), appeared as the team that took the initiative in the first 45 minutes, but without disturbing Hoyos too much.
In the second stage, the two teams improved with the changes. In a context of parity, it seemed that Liniers’ men were better focused to keep the victory. A header by Joel Soñora on the crossbar (13m.) was the herald of what was to come.
At 36m, a quick maneuver in which Castro-Janson-Pratto triangulated ended with definition and ball into the net by the former River Plate attacker. However, the review through the VAR ruled that the kid Castro was in an advanced position at the start of the maneuver.
When the 0-0 goal was immovable, a long shot was defectively cleared by the visiting defender, Valentín Gómez, and ‘Uvita’ Fernández took the opportunity to show that the lack of resolution in goal situations was archived during his cycle in San Lorenzo. The Santa Fe player accommodated his body and lifted the ball over the visiting goalkeeper’s head to make it 1-0.
On the next play, the ‘Fortin’ tied. A patient maneuver that went from right to left seemed to fade with a rejection from Cardona. However, the young Garayalde, from a good income, took the ball on the edge of the area, controlled it judiciously and he shook a left foot that embedded itself in the stick of Unsaín’s left hand. 1-1 and a result that was adjusted, more or less, to the merits exposed by one and the other.
The Uruguayan defender Diego Godín, Vélez’s brand new addition, witnessed the match in one of the stadium’s stands and could be considered by DT Medina to be part of those summoned for the clash with River, scheduled for Wednesday, for the first leg. of one of the keys to the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores.
Source: Ambito
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