It was a tremendous victory for the Wolf. Almost to capitalize it. Because he overcame the absences and defeats, he endured the local draws on his feet and ended up like a good boxer: with a knockout pineapple that was Mammini’s goal and justifying the victory with a well-rounded finish for the Chirola youth team .
Argentinos Juniors is a good team and came out willing to demonstrate his good ball handling beyond the mix between starters and substitutes arranged by Gabriel Milito. Gymnastics, with a well-compressed 4-1-4-1, tried not to despair at Bicho’s control of the game.
Lobo approached with a center from Bautista Barros Schelotto that Ivo Mammini failed to connect. On the counter, Gimnasia scored poorly and Gabriel Ávalos went alone against Durso, who narrowed well and forced the striker to play it in the middle for the rejection of Barros Schelotto.
With 8 minutes to go, a violation of Ivo Mammini gave Alan Lescano a terrific free kick at the door of the area. And Pupi paid homage to Diego at his home and hung the ball from the upper left corner for the tripero 1-0. A goal.
Beyond the fact that the locals went looking for him from the game between Federico Redondo and Matías Vera in the center of the field, Lobo was smart to reduce the spaces and recover the ball. A recovery on the right by Franco Soldano ended up again with Alan Lescano close to Lanzillotta, although the cross failed to prosper. In a round trip match, Gimnasia faced the match without inhibitions, without being weighed down by defeats and absences.
When Lobo was supportive, because a head or a leg always appeared to reject, a cross from the left left Leonardo Heredia alone and although Durso covered the ball, Heredia managed to push the ball into the goal almost from the ground. They were 20 minutes and 1 to 1 seemed like a bucket of ice water for the Wolf.
However, Pupi Lescano, illuminated on his great night, grabbed a rebound and put the ball away from the goalkeeper to put Gimnasia up, now 2-1.
In a relentless first half, Tomás Durso took a terrific free kick from Francisco González Metilli over the crossbar. There were very good minutes from both teams, even in the differences regarding the characteristics of each one.
Tomás Durso covered an impressive header against the Paraguayan Ávalos, unstoppable from high. The rebound fell to González Metilli, whose shot hit the crossbar. Immediately, Durso paid on a long ball and just closed Barros Schelotto to avoid equality.
Near the end of the first half, a shot from Nicolás Colazo hit the unextended arm of Miguel Torrén. Hernán Mastrángelo took a penalty, but Fernando Espinoza called from the VAR and annulled the decision.
The end of the first stage found a Tripero enduring the onslaught of El Bicho, who filled him with crosses for an unreachable Ávalos.
In the complement, the Bug went to the Wolf’s jugular. The stick saved him before a tackle from the Uruguayan Javier. Cabrera to the right. Milito’s team made the field wide, with a constant 2-1 against the triperos full-backs who could not cope to contain the raid.
Gymnastics was forced to endure… and didn’t endure it. At 12 minutes into the second half, Federico Redondo made it 2-2, when Chirola tried to contain the gale with the entry of Steimbach through Colazo.
Cabrera had it, he wanted to shoot Durso and he threw it very high. How in Bogotá, Gymnastics was left far behind, unable to have the ball. However, in an isolated play, Ivo Mammini fulfilled his lifelong dream with his first shout at first, with a terrific header behind Soldano’s cross for 3-2.
Gymnastics joined the lines more and Argentinos seemed to be demoralized. Lescano almost put the finishing touch on his great performance with a definition above the goalkeeper after fighting for the ball, winning it and defining exquisitely but without force. Villalba came out on the line. And then Barros Schelotto had it with a header after a corner from Lescano.
In the final give and take, a supportive tripero always appeared to reject. And Franco Torres almost finished him off and Lanzillotta covered with one foot.
Near the end, after a wrong decision by Lescano that did not see Torres, Redondo missed the tie and Durso was left with a ballon d’or. But there was more: Franco Torres risked it with only one foot, got in the middle and settled the game with a 4 to 2 to the delirium of all Gymnastics, who madly celebrated their first away victory. When he needed her the most.
EQUALITY IN THE PATERNAL ?
Leonardo Heredia took advantage of an oversight of the Gimnasia defense and on the rebound, scored the 1-1 for Argentinos.#LPFxTNTSports pic.twitter.com/IF1eaawhtu
— TNT Sports Argentina (@TNTSportsAR) April 25, 2023
ONE TOUCH ?
