It was a blow. Central Córdoba struck at the most unexpected moment and stripped Gimnasia of the top of the table. The Wolf, who had started the date as pointer, suffered a hard blow. Partly because everything fell apart in the throes of the encounter. But mainly because, this time, the team was not up to the task. The outcome of the match was flavored by a morbidity that made the impact even more painful: Juan Sebastián Verón, eternal idol and vice president of Estudiantes, was in one of the boxes watching how his son, Deian, started the play of the goal that led to the goal that gave the victory to the santiagueños on the hour.
One fact sums up what the game was and how badly Gorosito’s team played: Gimnasia had its clearest goal situation only 42 minutes into the second half, when Benjamín Domínguez entered, who had changed the face of the team, unleashed a shot that passed near the post. Before that action those from La Plata had barely had a few approaches. In a flat party and with a great economy of emotions, the Wolf was an austere, speculative group, bound by the moorings of fear and the weight of responsibilities. The shouts of Gorosito, who spent the entire first half asking his players to press, were not enough to get a team that was conditioned by nervousness out of the background.
Gymnastics lacked freshness and the Railway took advantage of that situation. That is why he had 60% possession of the ball and, although it was difficult for him to generate risky chances, he had the clearest: a bombshell from Alejandro Martínez that crashed into the post and a shot from González Metilli that went close. The locals had the initiative, but it was difficult for them to generate space against an opponent who played buckled down and tried to reduce spaces backwards.
In the last ten minutes, with the entry of the revulsive Domínguez, the Wolf was encouraged to leave. It was at that moment when he began to leave spaces that Central Córdoba took advantage of. In fact, that way the goal came. Ferroviario, who has not lost five times at home with four wins, achieved a key victory in their fight for permanence. Gymnastics lost the lead, but the worst thing was that the match weighed on him.
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