2024-10-19 23:50:03
Racing won again this saturday in the Professional League by defeating Defensa y Justicia 4-3 for the date 18 in it Avellaneda Cylinderat the right time to reach in the best way the first leg of the semi-finals the South American Cup against Corinthians in Saint Paul.
After three days without being able to keep the three points, The Academy achieved a victory that serves a lot emotionally against an opponent who did not give up until the last moment.regardless of the large distance on the scoreboard after the end of the first stage.
After a beginning in which El Halcón complicated the local team with an associated game and a strong defensive block, Racing had a great opportunity to open the scoring about a quarter of an hour with a penalty by Aguilera’s hand on a stopped ball.
The scorer Adrián Martínez took charge, but ran into a great save from Enrique Bolognawho guessed the striker’s intention and prevented the scoring from opening.
However, Racing broke zero after half an hour: after a free kick by Luciano Vietto, the ball bounced off the barrier and was left to the Uruguayan defender Gaston Martirenawhich He hit it first and put the ball close to a stick.
Almost ten minutes later, Racing extended the advantage with Martínez’s goal, which thus recovered from the missed penalty and from nine games without scoring in the Professional League. After a great cross from Solari from the right, the ball was left to the scorer, who headed across and placed the ball at an angle.
At the end of the first half, those from Avellaneda reached the third goal p.m. with another goal from Martínez, after a great counterattack that left him in front of Bologna.
The distance of three shouts at the end of the first half made Racing relax and began to take care of players for the fight against the Brazilians, a tranquility that the Falcon did not miss to generate suspense and get back into the game.
In addition, Defense and Justice discounted after an overflow from Rubio on the right, then opened the middle to the admitted Matías Ramírez, who took a low shot that slipped into Gabriel Arias’ left post. After a while, Martirena committed a penalty against Ramírez and forward Abiel Osorio converted it into a goal.
With five minutes left, with Defense played in attack to tie it, a great goal came from Maximiliano Salasafter a great pass filtered between the lines by the Colombian Quintero, although Kevin Gutiérrez took it from inside and made the match authorities doubt. In additional time, Aaron Molinas scored the third of the visit and put definitive numbers on a great game.