Suffered, yes. Sure. Also fair, because in the general balance he did much more than this Racing of Fernando Gago who has players to pull up. Without butter on the roof, aware of each of its limitations, thanks to the hierarchy of Cristian Tarragona (a great first half) and several important individual performances, with Leonardo Morales (author of a nice header), Ignacio Miramón and a tireless Franco Soldano as high points within a solid team.
Solidity is another valid word to analyze the night of the Forest. Because the entry of Agustín Bolívar for the dirty work in the center of the field gave structure to the team and a great help to Miramón, who did not have to be at the mass and in the procession at the same time. In addition, the income of Alexis Steimbach and Tomás Muro gave the team air. It seemed less permeable Gymnastics. He did not offer his chin to the rival.
Chirola changed names and system, who evaluated the wear and tear of his players and leaned towards a system with two forwards, which paid off early, because after 8 minutes Soldano combed a cross and Cristian Tarragona controlled and defined barbaric against the pipe left of Arias, who could do nothing.
Lobo’s good moment extended because without absolute control of the game, the locals had the chance to score: first goalkeeper Arias had to push himself to the maximum before a shot by Nicolás Colazo and then Muro could not hit the ball dry with a shot that it came off near the right post.
With the result in their favour, Gimnasia became friends with the ball and had moments of good associations in midfield. Chirola’s team changed the face of the Lobo fans and showed a very different image from the match with the U.
Solid in defense, with Miramón as the axis of the midfield, well accompanied by Steimbach and Muro as outsiders. Tarragona forward was the differential of the team, with good support from Soldano especially in the pivot of the aerial game.
Tarragona was unable to pinch a deep ball that could well have been the second of the afternoon. A strong offense by Edwin Cardona on Bautista Barros Schelotto, for orange. Lamolina’s yellow caused the disapproval of triperos fans and in the long run it was bad news twice, because he was not expelled and because Cardona was injured and was replaced by Matías Rojas, Racing’s figure in the semester.
The red one that was not for Cardona, was for Gabriel Rojas who was booked against Steimbach at the end of the first half and yellow plus yellow left his team with 10. The end of the first half left a solid and winning Gimnasia with Cristian Tarragona as figure, that’s why the farewell was between applause.
Franco Soldano’s celebration of his goal. He moved across the entire attack front. And he settled the match for Tripero / Dolores Ripoll
Gago made changes and went on to play 4-3-2, with Opazo replacing Galván and Reniero instead of Hauche. On the move, Maximiliano Romero had a good shot, with a shot near Durso’s goal. Before and after, Muro and Agustín Bolívar tested from a good distance. Oroz almost made it 1 to 1 from a carom, although immediately a bomb from Miramón went just over the crossbar.
The second goal for Gimnasia came from a still ball by Tomás Muro, with a terrific header from “Yacaré” Morales that embedded itself up against the crossbar. A good goal and peace of mind for all Gymnastics with the 2 to 0.
At minute 21, a volley from Jonathan Gómez brought Racing closer to the score when little was happening in the game and Lobo seemed to have the game under control. The 2-1 was at the same time a question mark, a concern and a test of character for the albiazul team.
Franco Soldano scored his fifth goal at Lobo. The last one had been to Union in August
The Tripero suffered in the final stretch of the game, because he lost control of the game and was exposed to the virtues of the racinguista attack. And in that grief, Lamolina considered that a hold of Morales on Reniero’s pants had the entity to charge a penalty. The VAR from Ezeiza convinced the referee of his mistake, giving Lobo back to some extent what he lost in the South American Cup against the Peruvian team.
Left-footed Guillermo Enrique had the chance to settle the match, but his shot went off the left side of the pipe. The one born in Goya entered well. On the next play, Colazo saved the fall of his goal on the line after a gush in the area.
And when it was all about holding on because Racing was going against Durso, a ball came out for Tarragona in discount, who scored from midfield. In control, the ball fell behind him and Franco Soldano, who was coming on the run, took a powerful and low shot to make it 3-1 and settle the game.
The fan left home happy. He experienced emotions similar to those of the classic, because the kids showed that it will cost, but they can. This is the way.
From the Forest, the analysis of Facundo Ache
