Belgrano de Córdoba won a novel match against Brown de Adrogué and he did not make 22,000 of his fans travel to San Nicolás in vain: the Cordovan Pirate was crowned champion of the First National two dates before the end and He achieved the long-awaited promotion to the Professional League, after falling to Second in 2019.
Those led by Guillermo Farré – the author of the historic defining goal against River in the 2011 Promotion – were down twice on the scoreboard, but managed to reverse history with two penalty goals -penalties- from the scorer Pablo Vegetti while at 84 minutes the admitted Joaquín Susvielles scored a real goal for 3 to 2 and unleash the delirium of the Cordovans present in Buenos Aires.
Belgrano reached 73 points with the victory against Brown de Adrogué and, although there are two days left for the closing, it can no longer be reached by its main pursuers: Instituto (62) and San Martín de Tucumán (62).
History was prepared to be a Cordovan party in the Single Stadium of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, where the meeting was held so that there could be fans from Córdoba, something that would not have happened in Adrogué. But Pablo Vicó’s mustachioed team surprised again and again to the protagonists of the evening: first at 27, when Franco Benítez took advantage of a pitch from the bottom and defined very well above the hasty departure of goalkeeper Nahuel Losada. And later at 60, with Juan Mendoza heading in a nice play by Brown against a bad pirate kick.
Belgrano tied it at 34 and 73 minutes, thanks to two very clear penalties and conversions by Vegetti, both to the right of the goalkeeper, who went the other way. The first penalty was due to a kick from left back Luciano Balbi on Vegetti himself and the second for a rude hand from the other side, Alexis Castaño.
Finally, at 84, and after a lateral, the admitted Susvielles dominated and took out an unattainable bombshell for Horacio Ramírez to go out and wildly celebrate the long-awaited dream of the heavenly Córdoba, which he celebrated in San Nicolás and also in Barrio Alberdi.
a tournament extra large
It is worth remembering that the 2022 edition of the First National has 37 teams that in 36 dates are disputed two promotions to the Professional League and two descents to the Third Division. The champion goes directly to the highest category while the runner-up qualifies for the semifinals of the emblematic Reduced. This tournament will start in the round of 16 with the clubs that finish positioned from 4th to 13th place, while the 3rd in the table will go directly to the quarterfinals.
Belgrano made a campaign to return to First after his drop in 2018/19a season in which there were four relegations (San Martín de San Juan, Tigre and San Martín de Tucumán also left).
Previously the Pirate had managed to return to the highest category in 2011, after beating River in the Promotion at the hands of Ricardo Zielinski. Belgrano held great tournaments during those years in the First and He even played three editions of the Copa Sudamericana, reaching the round of 16 of the 2016 edition as their best result, when they lost on penalties to Coritiba from Brazil. also knew to be third in the Initial Tournament 2012remaining five points behind the champion Vélez.
The great figure of Belgrano 2022 is the scorer Pablo Vegetti (ex Ferro, Gimnasia and Colón) who with his double reached 16 goals in the contest. Also noteworthy are the goalkeeper Nahuel Losada (ex-Students), veteran defender Diego Novaretti (ex-Lazio from Italy)the midfielders Maxi Comba (exGimnasia), Hernán Bernardello (exNewell’s) and Ariel Rojas (ex-River)and strikers Bruno Zapelli and Fabián Bordagaray (ex-San Lorenzo and River).
