The streak of seven wins in a row was cut in the worst way for Racing. Compared to Climbing Remedies Workshopswho is 15th in his zone (A) in the First National and that’s it I played with one less manit remained eliminated from the Argentine Cup, one of the competitions that had set itself the goal of lifting a trophy this year. He 2-1established 48 minutes into the second half by a boy from 18 years, Diogo Guzman, is a hard blow for the light blue and white half of Avellaneda, which had already suffered an earlier elimination than expected in the season. That of the League Cup, three weeks ago.
For the Academy, the Argentine Cup is not usually satisfactory. The team does not have a good record, especially when facing lesser rivals. Since this competition was held again, in the 2011/2012 season, Racing has been slapped seven times at the hands of promotion clubs. In 2013 he was left out in his debut, against Tristan Suarez. In 2014 it was eliminated by Argentinos Juniors by Juan Román Riquelme, who participated in the B Nacional. In 2017 he managed to overcome the first stage, against Mitre, from Santiago del Estero, but the team led by Diego Cocca had a hard setback against Olympus: They led 2 to 0 at halftime but the game ended 4 to 2 for the Bahia team. In 2018, with Eduardo Coudet in the technical direction, he fell to Sarmiento, from Resistance1 to 0.
Talleres’ goal
“It was a mistake,” said Chacho, who the following year stumbled over the same stone again: he fell in the premiere against Boca Unidos, from Corrientes. Perhaps the hardest blow was that of 2022, before Agricultural, by Carlos Casares, who wore a T-shirt in homage to the Academy but at the same time dressed as an executioner. Now, in Quilmes, Talleres, from Remedios de Escalada, marginalized him from the competition having faced the last minutes with one less player, for the stage of the round of 32. A strong headache.
In this strange month for the Argentine calendar, when almost half of the clubs in the first A were without activity and the other half are competing for cups, the coach Gustavo Costas He made some particular decisions for this Racing elimination match. Adrián “Maravilla” Martínez, the man who scored 16 goals in 18 Academy games, was on the substitute bench at the start. He was not the only starter that the technical director kept, who opted for Juan Fernando Quintero from the beginning; The Colombian had not played from the beginning in a match since April 7, due to the trips he had to make to his country due to family problems.
Quintero, furthermore, was the captain in front of Talleres, despite the fact that It had been officially announced that the film would be directed by Bruno Zuculini. The usual captain is Gabriel Ariasthe other owner who stayed on the bank due to Costas’ resolution. Facundo Cambesesthe Chilean goalkeeper’s replacement, made a mistake that was decisive in the result.
All those previous decisions were put on Fernando Duré when barely six minutes of play had elapsed. Talleres won twice in the Academy’s small area and the right-back defender scored the 1-0 goal, which left the game upside down. From then on, Racing exhibited nervescaptured by the few spaces left by the team participating in the first National.
With a little more precision and luck, even Talleres would have gained a two-goal advantage. But he did not take it, and when time began to run short, Maximiliano Salas He found an unexpected goal in his left-footed boot. It seemed that the match would lead to a penalty shootout.
But Cambeses’ mistake, who took a long rebound towards an opponent and ended up colliding with a teammate and not being able to get the ball in time, changed the situation. And he resolved the match in favor of the Remedios de Escalada club, which had an unforgettable night.
Also, in some way, the Racing footballers, who left amid a curtain of reproaches from plateistas at the Quilmes stadium. Once again a club from a lower category had taught the Academy a lesson.