San Lorenzo snatched the triumph from Racing in the end

Racing He had everything ready to take the three points in the classic, but fell asleep and San Lorenzo He turned it to finally win at home for 3 to 2 in the final minutes, in a match valid for the eighth date of the Opening Tournament 2025 of the Professional Soccer League, played at the “Pedro Bidegain” stadium.

The goals for “The Academy” made them Facundo Muraat 30 minutes of the first half, and Adrián Balboaat 5 minutes of the complement.

Meanwhile, for San Lorenzo they marked Malcolm Braida in duplicate, in the minute of the first part and the 40 of the second, and Jaime Peralta, at 47 minutes of the complement.

After what was obtaining the South American Recopa against Botafogo in Brazil, last champion of the Copa Libertadores, those led by Gustavo Costas They suffered defeat in the interzonal classic to be in the tenth position of area A with 9 points, although with one less match.

Now, Racing must receive Hurricane next Saturday from 19:15 for the ninth day of the local championship, prior to playing the Avellaneda classic against Independiente, on March 16.

For their part, those commanded by Miguel Ángel Russo They managed to keep three vital points to climb positions and place themselves as escorts of group B with the same points as the leader, Central Rosario.

Meanwhile, the Barca team will receive the “Red” next Saturday from 5:00 p.m. by the next appointment of the LPF Opening Tournament.

At the start of the match, the “Cyclone” hit first and opened the scoreboard by Malcolm Braida after taking advantage of a rebound after a great response from the Facundo Cambesses goalkeeper to stop Jhohan Romaña’s header.

Likewise, the goalkeeper of “The Academy”, appears in the visiting team, intervened on numerous occasions to maintain the minimum difference in the result.

30 minutes from the first stage, Mura received within the area a pass from Ignacio Rodríguez, left on the way two rivals and finished stuck to the crossbar to match the game.

Already in the second part, after a great shortcut of Cambesses at 3 minutes, Balboa captured the ball on the edge of the area and turned the match for the visit with some fortune for a previous detour in the defense of the “Cyclone.”

At 31 minutes, Andrés Vombergar diverted the ball to the bottom of the network, after a satin center by Matías Reali, but was offside at the time of participating in the action so the goal was canceled.

From there, the game was plagued by emotions with great occasions for both sides, but finally it was those of Boedo who ended up imposing themselves and keeping the agony victory and the three points.

Little less than 10 minutes were left on the clock when Braida stamped her signature on the scoreboard to match the match, and Peralta, entered the 42´ of the complement, scored the third goal for the premises and sentenced the game.

Party synthesis

San Lorenzo 3 – 2 Racing 2.

Opening Tournament – LPF: Date 8.

Stadium: Pedro Bidegain.

Referee: Facundo Tello.

VAR: Mauro Vigliano.

San Lorenzo: Orlando Gill; Ezequiel Herrera, Jhohan Romaña, Daniel Herrera, Elías Báez; Nicolás Tripichio, Elián Irala, Matías Reali, Alexis Cuello, Malcom Braida; Andrés Vombergar. DT: Miguel Ángel Russo.

Racing: Facundo Cambesses; Germán Conti, Nazareno Colombo, Santiago Quirós; Facundo Mura, Juan Nardoni, Agustín Almendra, Ignacio Rodríguez; Matías Zaracho, Adrián Balboa and Santiago Solari. DT: Gustavo Costas.

Goals in the first half: 1m Braida (SL); 30m Mura (R).

Goals in the second half: 5m Balboa (R); 40m Braida (SL); 47M J.peralta (SL).

Changes in the second half: At the beginning, Gonzalo Escudero for Quirós (R); 23m Ezequiel Cerutti by Irala (SL); 23M Nery Domínguez for E.Báez (SL); 24m Maximiliano Salas by Balboa (R) and Gastón Martyrena by Zaracho (R); 33m Martín Barrios by Almendra (R); 42m Jaime Peralta by neck (SL); 44m Baltasar Rodríguez by Solari (R); 45m Gastón Hernández by Reali (SL).