2023-12-03 03:04:00
The curtain came down on Saturday at the La Pedrera stadium in San Luis, with Godoy Cruz de Mendoza qualifying for the semifinals of the League Cup. Daniel Oldrá’s team beat Banfield on penalties, after drawing 0-0. The referee was Hernán Mastrángelo.
The first half was nothing out of the ordinary, with few situations, many inaccuracies and a lack of creativity in attack on the part of both teams who, perhaps anxious about the stage of the competition, erred on the side of caution. Hernán López Muñoz, one of the figures of the Mendoza team, could hardly stand out in that initial period in which he was very well contained by the middle of the Buenos Aires team, which had the clearest chance in a stopped ball that Insúa resolved with an arch shot that Nobody could push at the far post.
The first emotion of the match came only 34 minutes into the second half when Ruso Rodríguez excelled to cover a low header at the far post. On the rebound, Aarón Quirós pushed the ball into the goal and generated delirium among the people of Banfield, but the linesman correctly annulled the action due to offside by the Taladro defender.
At the end, Tomba also had theirs in a cross into the area. It was Salomón Rodríguez who hit the ball, without jumping, and the ball went just wide to the relief of those led by Julio Falcioni. But nothing prevented the passage to the semifinals from being resolved on penalties.
In that instance, Mendoza’s joy arrived. For Godoy Cruz, Ruso Rodríguez, Tomás Conechny, Salomón Rodríguez, Tadeo Allende and Hernán López Muñóz became. Juan Bisanz, Eric Remedi and Aarón Quirós scored for Banfield, while the one who missed was Emanuel Insúa.
Now, Tomba’s rival will be Platense for a place in the semifinal. On the other side of the key, on Sunday Rosario Central will clash against Racing and River Plate will face Belgrano.
Godoy Cruz was one of the pleasant surprises of the competition and his good performance throughout the season allowed him to be in the Copa Sudamericana zone, but with serious possibilities of entering the next edition of the Copa Libertadores. The Mendoza team reached the Final Phase after finishing in second place in Zone B.
For its part, Banfield, which was armed with the idea of adding to avoid relegation, got an extra prize as a result of its great end to the season, going undefeated in nine games and conceding only three goals in its last ten games. Those led by Julio César Falcioni, thanks to the victory against Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata on the last day (with that result Lobo had to play the tiebreaker with Colón for permanence) were left with third place in Zone A, behind of Huracán and River Plate.
Trainings:
Stadium: La Pedrera (San Luis)
Referee: Hernán Mastrángelo
WHERE: Lucas Novelli
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