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He St. Louis Athletic saved the draw against Santos on the field of the Alfonso Lastras Stadium. A game in which the visiting team was better for most of the match, but they were not able to overcome the 1-1 against the locals who saved their best football for the last minutes, but it was not enough for them to return to the path of triumph.
Both squads arrived with the urgency of meeting again with a victory. Los Santos, with three games without winning, began the match with intensity, attacking on the wings and putting pressure on the rojiblanco team and trying to get the last pass that would lead them to score the first goal of the match. However, in the absence of a goal, the home team balanced the match, falling into an unexciting duel and with few arrivals in both teams.
The first goal of the match came from a long goal kick from Marcelo Barovero. The ball was lowered by Leo Bonatini, who outlined himself and before entering the area opened for Mateo Klimowicz, who, seeing that the ball was short, decided to hit a shot that beat Carlos Acevedo.
Moments before halftime, the team from La Laguna was close to equalizing through a mid-range shot from “Dedos” López that crashed into the right post and made the metal vibrate.
The Torreón team began the second half with intensity, with Harold Preciado having an important arrival, but he finished off badly and his shot went wide.
St. Louis Athletic suffered to maintain the advantage. The Saints took the ball and played at their leisure against a local team that made little effort to take control of the ball and try to reach Carlos Acevedo’s goal.
The equalizing goal fell at minute 56. The passivity of the saint Louis ended up taking its toll. After several rebounds inside the box, Lucas González found the ball inside the box to sweep past Marcelo Barovero. St. Louis Athletic He remained on the ropes for the rest of the second half, enduring the onslaught of those from Torreón and cutting with problems any ball that passed three quarters of the field.
Correa was close to breaking the tie in favor of Santos, entering between three San Luis defenders and spooning the ball, but to his bad luck the ball passed centimeters from the net and left the player alive St. Louis Athletic. The last 10 minutes of the match became the most exciting, with actions in both areas and having Acevedo as an important piece by stopping a shot from below inside Vitinho’s area.
In added time, Santos he came close to stealing all three points with a free kick that was miraculously prevented by Marcelo Barovero, who dove and prevented the ball from embedding itself in the upper right corner.
Atlético de San Luis and Santos They distributed points and will continue in the tournament among the repechage positions, but marked by the lack of results and the lack of forcefulness shown throughout the Clausura 2023.
