Hurricane, in the debut of Sebastian Battaglia as coach, rescued today a goalless draw against Godoy Cruz de Mendoza, as a local, with one less player during a large part of the second half of the match played on Date 16 of the Professional League.
Uruguayan Matías Cóccaro was sent off 12 minutes into the second half after a controversial decision by referee Nicolás Lamolina backed by Fernando Echenique from VAR.
At the start of date 16 and with the now coach Carlos Tevez as a spectator, his former teammate Battaglia made his debut as DT of Huracán on a rough night, since he ended up with one less player and lost the two starting central defenders due to injuries.
Despite the difficulties, “Globo” salvaged a point against a team from Mendoza, who without being overwhelming, had the clearest situations and turned goalkeeper Lucas Chaves into a figure.
The “Russian” Diego Rodríguez also appeared with two important saves that saved his team from defeat with one more player.
“Tomba” remains undefeated under the leadership of Daniel Oldrá and there are already seven dates without losing, with two wins and five draws to stay in the classification zone for the Copa Sudamericana with 23 points.
Huracán now has 17 units and continues to sink to the bottom of the standings. It will take a lot of work on Battaglia and his coaching staff to reverse the situation.
The team of the former Boca Juniors DT had a good start, but fell off as the minutes passed.
At 12 minutes into the second half, he suffered the controversial expulsion of Cóccaro for an alleged elbow on Pier Barrios and Huracán had to withdraw.
Godoy Cruz never felt comfortable with the responsibility of going to look for the victory, but even so he had at the feet of the Uruguayan Salomón Rodríguez two goal situations that Chaves managed very well.
At the end, Huracán pushed and was able to win it with a header from Gabriel Gudiño and a shot from Jonás Acevedo in the last play, but then “Russian” Rodríguez appeared to support the visit.
Source: Ambito
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