Banfield vs Estudiantes: Apertura Win for Banfield | Olé

They are those wins that are worth more than three points. Because Banfield drew strength from where there seemed to be none to make a brave stop. It was a match that, in the run-up, was expected to develop like the one it had. A meeting of two teams that will most likely look askance at the bottom of the tables throughout the year, and whose main objective is to maintain the category.

Both Banfield and Estudiantes de Río Cuarto have been struggling with this start to the Apertura Tournament. On the one hand, the Drill is immersed in an institutional and sporting crisis in which Troglio looks for it with a team made up of 80% of kids from the Inferioreswhich allowed him to win. For its part, the Lion of the Empire has not yet managed to win on its return to First Division.

During the 90 minutes, neither of them managed to go beyond good intentions in attack. There was always a faulty control, an inaccurate pass or, simply, a bad decision. Although that did not prevent the domain from being shared between the two at times. At the beginning of the match it was those led by Iván Delfino who, through counterattacks and direct play, They hurt the South zone team and reached the goal at 13′ of the first half. Then, in the complement, and with the entry of the kids, the Drill was superior.

Lautaro Gómez, 22 years old and with the 10 on his back, was the figure for rebellion and the courage to ask for a ball that burned, and for a nice amount that allowed his people to puff out their chests. A great person responsible for what would come later. Mauro Méndez would celebratewith suspension due to the VAR review, about the end after a great center from Ignacio Abraham for the madness of Sola and, thus, add the first victory.

It will be a matter of Troglio, together with his team, a mix of experience and youth, managing to take this victory as a springboard to have a more prosperous 2026 than last year. It is a team that drilled the Lion’s head.