San Jorge from the capital of Corrientes took an important step in the search to be among the eight best teams in the North Coast region of the Federal Amateur Regional Tournament. Yesterday, in the first game for the second elimination round in the area, he won 1-0 on his visit to Juventud de Puerto Tirol.
Antonio “Toni” Báez, averaging the second half, gave the visitor the victory, who in the general balance of the game was superior to the Chaco team, who in the last minutes played with ten men due to the expulsion of Rodrigo Valdovinos.
An opaque first half enlivened Youth and Saint George. The two teams had many inaccuracies when it came to bringing danger to the rival goal, a little due to their own imperfections and another because the state of the playing field did not help either.
The homeowner started better, who chose to attack from the left sector and caused problems every time that Prieto or Brítez faced that sector, although he lacked the last pass. The team from Corrientes, which began very withdrawn, gradually let go, and also preferred to attack on the right of their attack, with the tandem formed by Torres-Galarza, which Barreto joined when he came down to receive.
A weak header from Negro Núñez, who beat Torres after a cross from the right, was the only arrival for Funebrero in the early stages.
San Jorge, who handled the process of the game after that sporadic action, complicated with the ball stopped. A corner kick that Barreto combed and passed through the entire area was left by the far post for Toni Báez, whose left-handed volley was narrowly deflected. In a few minutes he returned to notify the visit. A free kick by Monzón was left in the area by Galarza, who crossed the shot, Ledesma tried a taco that did not prosper, and Blanco miraculously won the ball.
After half an hour, Juventud stood better on the court, with Villalba distributing the game, but his attempts to get close to Aranda were shipwrecked when he reached the large area of the Corrientes team, and the first stage ended without pain or glory.
Returning from halftime, a backward pass from Sedlisky was left to Galarza, who enabled Toni Báez, who entered the area made a “hat” to Monzón, but his left-footed shot was blocked by Blanco.
After ten minutes, local coach Ariel Ebel took out a side (Gómez) and put Diego Núñez, in a change made to have more offensive weight, with midfielder Brítez going down to mark the right sector of the defense.
However, it was the visit that first got to the bottom of the complement. Barreto made a double wall with Sosa Ugolini, who before two rivals put a pass back in the area that was captured by Toni Báez, who after a half turn burst the crossbar. On the rebound, Barreto played for the “9”, but his left-handed shot went tamely into the hands of the goalkeeper.
San Jorge was closer again with a free kick from Barreto that made it difficult for Blanco to bite earlier, sending the goalkeeper the ball into the corner kick.
In the third arrival in depth, the Corrientes team specified. Toni Báez received only one free kick from Galarza, and after controlling the ball he took a very strong shot from the right that was nailed up, against the left barrel of Blanco’s goal. Golazo.
The goal puzzled Juventud, who went up, but with little clarity in search of the equalizer, and in a counterattack San Jorge was about to increase. Barreto crossed a pass to Toni Báez, who could not give good direction to the left-footed shot, which was returned by Blanco, and on the rebound, Sedlisky cushioned the scorer’s shot.
Before a free kick by Brítez, which was lost near the left pipe of Aranda, the missionary referee Ramos expelled Valdovinos for a blow to an opponent, leaving the premises with ten players.
Despite having one less man, Juventud advanced his lines with a lot of attitude, but the centers that rained in the Corrientes area did not disturb Aranda or his teammates on the defense. The closest to equality the venue was was a high header in an advance from Núñez to his brand after a shipment from Antoniolli.
The visit could have liquidated the counterattack, but neither did it have the clarity or the tranquility necessary to take advantage of the fact that the local had “given away” behind, rescuing only a shot from Galarza from the midfield that fell short, when the goalkeeper Blanco was fully advanced .
The final whistle of Ramos lowered the curtain on the game after 5 minutes of added time, unleashing the euphoria of the players and the coaching staff of San Jorge, who won the first game of the second elimination round, although there are still 90 minutes to go. be played on Wednesday at the Ferroviario court.
(RP)
