The only goal of the match was scored by Paraguayan Adam Bareiro 19 minutes into the second half.
The commitment was full of emotion: it was the return to the Forest after the police repression of the match against Boca, last Thursday, which led to the death of César “Lolo” Regueiro, a “Lobo” fan. Previous march, allusive t-shirts and flags, a minute of silence and, in strictly sports, the dream of winning to continue on in the fight for the title. Everything was palpable in the environment.
But the result did not accompany. With the defeat, Gimnasia was left with 40 points and eight behind the leader, Boca Juniors itself. Both of them, who have just suspended their clash from last week, have nine left to play.
Néstor Gorosito’s team started with great intensity, but did not have the precision to string together the game and clearly reach the Battle arc.
He just had the first chance at 25m with a cross from Alemán in which Fratta charged but with a foul. Until then, the main weapon of the “Lobo” was the audacity and sacrifice of the kid Benjamín Domínguez.
Fratta himself saved his team before halftime, taking a ball that Giay had dropped close to the line.
Gimnasia’s second half was worse than the first, because it entered disconnected and did not reach the exciting breath of the thousands of fans who accompanied it this afternoon. And San Lorenzo took advantage: he arrived first with Cerutti, then with Méndez and, finally, with Bareiro. The local was already with ten due to the expulsion of Colazo, which ended up tipping the balance for the “Ciclón”.
At 19m the Paraguayan striker, with a spectacular pirouette inside the area, capitalized on a cross and made it 1-0.
“Pipo” Gorosito’s team barely responded with a header from Sosa that brought out Batalla, and they couldn’t even balance in the final minutes, when they were ten versus ten due to Giay’s expulsion.
The three points went to San Lorenzo, who is excited about getting into the South American zone, and Gimnasia once again lost his dream.
On the next day, the 26th and penultimate, Gymnastics will be local again, this time against Argentinos Juniors (Monday starting at 9:30 p.m.) and San Lorenzo will travel to Junín to face Sarmiento (the same day but from 7:00 p.m.).
Source: Ambito
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