Racing He won a valuable 2-0 victory against San Lorenzo in it President Perón Stadium by the eighth date of Closing Tournamentwhich is marked because they are interzonal crosses between each of the two groups that make up the championship. The winner escaped from the bottom of the Zona awhile visiting failed to approach the top of the Zona B.
Before the whistle of Ariel Penelthere had already been a big surprise in the previous one to the classic. The coach Gustavo Costas He decided to replace the goalkeeper and captain, Gabriel Arias, with Facundo Cambesses. Arias’ errors in recent meetings held it under the magnifying glass, but the modification happens at a key moment of the season, since this team will play on Tuesday from 19 Vélez in it José Amalfitani Stadium for the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores.
Beyond this strategic change under the sticks, the Academia He assumed the initiative from the beginning in rival field, but was diluted every time he entered the last meters of the offensive. It was not surprising that its most dangerous advance has been a remote auction of Facundo Mura controlled in two times by Orlando Gill.
With the passage of the stopwatch, the Cyclone He matched the process and began to play more in the middle of the court, but The arc of Cambesses was very far away and exhibited many shortcomings to step on the area. Meanwhile, the homeowner decompensated in the core area because several players were ahead on the ground and there was no game maker. The conclusion was a frictional stage, with many inaccuracies and with boring sections in Avellaneda.
The stop ball was the only way to unlock zero. Agustín Almendra executed a right corner at 36 minutes, which was anticipated by Santiago Solari In the first stick and Nazareno Colombo pushed the ball to the network to stamp 1-0. It was his Second goal in 70 games With this shirt. His only celebration had been in November 2024 during a 2-0 victory against Institute.
The first 11 minutes of the complement left much to be desired. Neither team could give three passes in a row, the ball were distributed and deepened the lack of football in the south of Greater Buenos Aires. The monotony was aside at 12 ′ with a long ball of Colombo. Solari ran by Daniel Herrera and took advantage of Gill’s exit to advance the ball with a touch that left his two rivals on the road. His definition with the empty arch sealed the 2-0 of the host.
The answer of San Lorenzo immediately arrived with his best advance of the party through a shot from afar of Alexis neck who crashed in the crossbar on the quarter of an hour, but that improvement was too ephemeral and those driven by Damián helps They could not avoid defeat as a visitor.
Racing He achieved his second triumph of the championship and climbed at the 13th placement on 15 teams in the Zona a. It has 7 points and, despite its bad start, it remains close to Banfield (10), last that it would advance to the playoffs In the absence of eight days for the conclusion of the Regular phase.
On the other hand, San Lorenzo registered his Third Fall in the last six meetings And he cannot add tranquility in the middle of a deep leadership uncertainty because the resignation of several members of the Board of Directors increases doubts about an acefalía, but Marcelo Moretti He is firm as president.
The victory of RESTRA on Central Cordoba And the tie of Hurricane contra Vélez It made it lose ground in the Annual Table: He went down to the eighth location with 39 unitsin the classification zone to the South American Cup 2025and turned on in the fight Racingwhich was ninth with 35 points and got into the entrance position to the same continental contest.
Formations
Racing: Facundo Cambesses; Facundo Mura, Franco Pardo, Santiago Sosa, Nazareno Colombo, Gabriel Rojas; Matías Zaracho, Agustín Almendra; Santiago Solari, Tomás Conechny and Adrián Martínez. DT: Gustavo Costas.
San Lorenzo: Orlando Gill; Fabricio López, Jhohan Romaña, Daniel Herrera, Elías Báez; Nicolás Tripichio, Ignacio Perruzzi, Juan Cruz Rattalino; Ezequiel Cerutti, Andrés Vombergar, Alexis Neck. DT: Damián helps.
Estadio: President Perón
Arbitrator: Ariel Penel
OUR: Silvio Trucco
