Colo Colo’s Preseason Triumph: Jorge Almirón’s Positive Start

2024-01-17 09:34:10

Colo Colo managed to have an auspicious start to the preseason and a positive start to the Argentine coach’s era Jorge Almirón, this after equaling 0-0 and beating 4-3 in penalties to Rosario Central within the framework of the friendly tournament Serie Río de La Plata in Uruguay.

It was to be expected that in their first meeting of this 2024 and with only six days of training the albos did not have a very bright presentation, but they still managed to show an interesting start to the game against the “Canalla” team.

One of the high points in much of the commitment was Carlos Palacios, who in the first 45′ was in charge of having the best chances for the “Cacique” in search of the goal, first with a shot from distance around 5′ minutes and then with a free kick at 20′ that made goalkeeper Jorge work Broun.

The roles were reversed at the start of the second half of the duel, where those led by Miguel Angel Russo were dangerously approaching the goal. defended by Brayan Cortéswho had to be attentive to a header from experienced defender Carlos Quintana.

After the hour of play, both teams suffered with goals disallowed. First, Fabricio Oviedo in the 70th minute saw his goal invalidated in front of the “Popular” goal due to an advanced position, while in the next play Leandro Benegas had to stop his celebration after converting due to a free kick in attack by Emiliano Amor .

Finally, with equality on the scoreboard, everything was decided from the 12 steps. Gil and Leandro Benegas started by converting their penalties and although Erick Wiemberg and Emiliano Amor later missed, the goals of Palacios and Cristián Zavala They transferred the pressure to Tobías Cervera, who ruined what Central had done in the round and ended with Colo Colo as the winner.

The next challenge for the white team will be this Friday for the same friendly tournament against Nacional, starting at 10:15 p.m. in our country.

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