The match began evenly and with offensive ambitions from both teams, but halfway through the stage, Godoy Cruz took control of the ball and with a neat and patient game began to complicate the Barracas back.
A good catch of Andres Desabato before a shot from Tomas Conechnywere the prologue to the opening of the scoring, at 24 minutes.
the uruguayan Roberto Fernandez executed a corner from the right sector, Gianluca Ferrari he combed it at the door of the area and Gonzalo Abrego defined only before the goalkeeper left, that “Bodeguero” could do nothing to avoid the goal.
In any case, it should have been validated by the VAR since in principle Abrego had been penalized offside, but the check showed that Brain Caldelara enabled everything Godoy Cruzdespite the fact that it seemed that Abrego was ahead.
Barracas tried to react, but the men from Mendoza, supported by the good actions of their foreigners: the Uruguayan Roberto Fernández and Thomás Galdames, plus the dangerousness of Gonzalo Abrego and Tomás Conechny, controlled the match until the end of the initial stage.
Nothing changed in the second half, Barracas looked for an equalizer but collided with his own impotence; while Godoy Cruz, guided by a very bold proposal and the good actions of the forward midfielder, supported by the deployment of Gonzalo Abrego, figure of the match, was close to increasing the difference.
At minute 36, a confusing situation arose because the referee Pablo Echavarría sanctioned a penalty kick for Godoy Cruz for an alleged offense by Nicolás Capraro against Tomás Conechny, but after being informed by the VAR and reviewing the play, he decided to start back and not penalize the offence, which clearly did not occur.
The end was reached with the same development and the Mendoza team, again led by the “translator” Diego Flores, scored an important victory at the beginning of the tournament; Barracas, on the other hand, put in a pale performance, losing for the first time in their stadium since playing in the First Division and ending the game with ten players due to the expulsion of Bruno Mastronicola, when injury time was taking place.
On the next day, the second, Godoy Cruz will receive Colón de Santa Fe in Mendoza, on Sunday from 9:30 p.m.; while the “Handsome” will visit Sarmiento in Junín, next Saturday from 5:00 p.m.
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