Lanús tied Unión 2-2 in the last play and reached the top of Zone B of the League Cup

After the completion of a new FIFA Date, the ball started rolling again in the highest category of Argentine football. At the beginning of matchday 12 of the League Cup, Lanús drew 2-2 with Unión de Santa Fe in La Fortaleza, in a key duel both in the dispute to qualify for the quarterfinals and to avoid relegation .

Lanús showed the initiative from the start, but it was Unión that opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Franco Pardo won from above after the corner kick from the right and his header made the ball kiss the net.

Tatengue went for more and achieved the second at 26 minutes Mauro Pittón finished from outside the area and his deflected shot was captured by Adrián Balboa who hit a right foot that hit the corner and widened the difference for the team led by Cristian “Kili” Gonzalez.

The emotions continued as Granate reached injury time. Before going to half-time the local shout came and in the 46th minute Ramiro Carrera headed in a shot from Walter Bou and renewed expectations for the team led by Ricardo Zielinski.

At the dawn of the match, Lanús had the tie with a one-on-one in which goalkeeper Tatengue Thiago Cardozo drowned out Marcelino Moreno’s scream.

Garnet continued searching. Carrera had another one for the locals with a mid-range shot that passed close. Bou then scored a great goal for Braian Aguirre, whose center was anticipated by Cardozo.

Lanús and Unión de Santa Fe equalized in an entertaining match

In the end Lanús gave it their all, but lacked the ideas to power and in some cases the precision to get the tie. While Unión retreated to defend its victory.

However, in the last play Lanús achieved equality. In the 93rd minute, Bou scored and sent a cross whose rejection was caught by Favio Álvarez, who first took a very strong shot and nailed the tie that decorated the result.

Once the match was over, the Unión players attacked referee Fernando Echenique because they understood that he added time that did not correspond. It is worth remembering that in their last match against Central Córdoba in Santiago del Estero, the Santa Fe team was also equalized in the last play and after winning 2-0.

Already in the tunnel, the Russian Zielinski and the Kily González crossed paths, which generated a commotion because there were people who wanted to separate them and calm things down. Then the Lanús coach acknowledged that “with regard to Kily I was wrong because I told him something about the weather and nothing happened.”

Both teams had to add to increase their average and not suffer as happened last season. Lanús accumulates a total of 116 points, while Unión 112.

With this tie, Lanús climbed to the top of the League Cup Zone B positions and has 23 points, the same amount as Godoy Cruz, whom he surpasses by goal difference. While Unión wasted a chance to get into the top four, which will be the ones who will qualify for the quarterfinals. The Santa Fe team came fifth and lost 4 points in an agonizing manner in their last games.

On the next date Unión will host Belgrano, on Saturday, April 6, from 9:30 p.m. While Lanús will visit Racing on Sunday, April 7, starting at 6:30 p.m.

Trainings:

Lanús: Lucas Acosta; Juan Cáceres, Nery Domínguez, Abel Luciatti, Julio Soler; Braian Aguirre, Lucinao Boggio, Felipe Peña Biafore, Ramiro Carrera; Marcelino Moreno and Walter Bou. DT: Ricardo Zielinski.

Union: Thiago Cardozo; Federico Vera, Franco Brown, Michael Torren, Claudio Corvalan, Bruno Pitton; Mauro Pitton, Patrick Tanda, Mauro Luna Diale; Adrian Balboa and Nicholas Orsini. DT: Christian Gonzalez.

Stadium: City of Lanús Néstor Díaz Pérez.

Referee: Fernando Echenique.

Television: ESPN Premium and Public TV.

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