2024-09-16 03:01:00
Everything that was happening throughout the afternoon between Rosario Central (19 points) and Talleres de Córdoba (24) ended up creating a changing, emotional match that was within reach of either of the two. The Cordobans won 1 to 0 with a goal from Matias Catalan at 3 minutes. But Central first tied the game and then took the lead with two goals from a penalty by Ignacio Malcorra. Talleres was left with one less player due to the expulsion of Diego Ortegoza In the play that led to Rosario’s second goal and when it seemed that they were headed for defeat, three minutes from the end and on the first ball they touched, Christian Tarragona scored the final 2-2.
A priori it may seem that, with the two penalties and the red card against them, the refereeing once again harmed Talleres. The Albiazules’ spirits were sensitized after the match with Boca for the Argentine Cup and the statements against the AFA by its president. Andres Fassi. And everything was viewed through a magnifying glass with double magnification. However, none of that happened. And the match proceeded as normal. There was a foul inside Girotti’s area on Damián Martínez in the first penalty. And in the second, Ortegoza, who had already been cautioned, covered Copetti’s face with his shirt, which he was on the verge of ripping off and was rightly sent off by referee Yael Falcón Pérez. Nothing to discuss then.
What can be said is that With one more man for almost the entire second half, Central had the game to decide and could not do so. That’s why the fans said goodbye to him with whistles.. Talleres felt the impact of the disadvantage. But goalkeeper Guido Herrera saved two goal balls from the Colombian Campaz and kept him on the field. On the contrary, If the team now managed by Uruguayan Alexander Medina had one merit, it was that it never gave up and that, even when outnumbered, it reacted to seek equality.
That’s why, at 87, Paraguayan Riveros launched a cross from the left and Tarragonawho had come on for Girotti a minute earlier, equalised a match that was almost lost with a right-footed touch. Talleres is now six points behind leader Vélez. But it remains fourth in the annual table, in the qualifying zone for the 2025 Copa Sudamericana and close to the Libertadores. A possible objective that helps them continue fighting after the painful cup eliminations against River and Boca.