El Ferroviario was left with the Reduced of the B Nacional when defeating Sarmiento de Junín on penalties. Remember that glorious moment for Santiago football.
Alfredo Ramirez walk to the penalty spot. Set up the ball. Look twice at Manuel Vicentini and lends itself to scoring the most important goal in the history of Central Córdoba. Sheep did not fail and unleashed the delirium of the railway fans for the promotion to First. Today June 8 marks two years of the club’s most glorious moment.
Central Córdoba reached that saturday in Junin the ticket to play in the highest category of Argentine soccer. Thus he returned to a place that Santiago del Estero football could not enjoy for a long time.
El Ferroviario lives special moments and this story began after ascending from Federal Tournament A to B National. With work time, Gustavo Coleoni reinforced the squad that came from the third category and little by little he was reaching the achievement.
During that 2018/19 season, Central Córdoba went through different moments. He came in last place on the averages table, with relegation stalking him. However the team found its best version in the final stretch and managed to qualify for Reduced by the second promotion.
The Reduced
In the playoffs instance the Ferroviario managed to eliminate Platense at the first junction: 0-0 in Santiago and later victoria 1-0 at Vicente López with a goal of Pablo Ortega. In the semifinals appeared Almagro, which he defeated 2-1 location with the annotations of Melivilo Y Rossi, and by 2-1 also in José Ingenieros, with the celebration of Luján and again from animal.
The definition
The final was coming. In front was Sarmiento de Junín, a team that was always in the first places and arrived injured after falling in the final of the first promotion against Arsenal.
In the first game, played at the Alfredo Terrera stadium on Saturday, June 1, They finished 1-1. Javier Rossi put the railroad ahead but tied it Nicolas Miracco for Green. Everything was defined in Junín.
One week of work. A week where the expectation grew a lot. And a movie finale. That Saturday June 8 in Junín, Central Córdoba he suffered too much to keep the arc at zero. Sarmiento missed five clear goal situations between poor definition and reflexes from Cesar Taborda. There was no time for more and everyone was going to decide from the twelve steps.
In the penalties Central Córdoba it was 100% effective; they scored Diego Jara, Javier Rossi, Facundo Melivilo, Hugo Vera Oviedo and Alfredo Ramírez. While by Sarmiento marked Ariel Kippes, Nicolás Castro and Leonardo Villalba, while Franco Leys could not with Cesar Taborda that the auction stopped him.
The celebration
With the ascent consummated, Santiago del Estero was a party. Sunday June 9 a great celebration was experienced throughout the province with the squad that entered the territory of Santiago in Selva and went at a man’s pace when passing through each town. An endless caravan that was accentuated when arriving at the Capital City where the team toured the streets and arrived at the Alfredo Terrera stadium to culminate their party.
That festival was marked by the joy of the entire province. Fans of all clubs showed their happiness for a promotion that meant the return of Santiago del Estero to the forefront of national football.
