There are half-court and mid-court goals that look alike. What he did José Luis Chilavert for Velez in the Closing 1996 in view of Riverit looks quite similar to Luca Zelarayan he did it on Wednesday, with Columbus Crewfrom Major League Soccer (MLS), a Carlotta for the passage to the Playoffs of the American tournament.
The match was drawn without a goal. 35 minutes had been played and Charlotte, the host, needed to win to qualify for the post-season games. The goal of the former Belgrano de Córdoba was a bucket of cold water for local spectators who were present at the stadium located in the state of Carolina.
Zelarayán saw the goalkeeper ahead Kristian Kalina and he did not hesitate: with a short run of two steps, he took a right hand that fell at the right moment so that the ball entered under the crossbar and the goalkeeper, who did not arrive despite the effort.
The goal seems to be traced back to another, with several protagonists, which is recorded in 1996, when Zelarayán was just four years old. On that occasion the stadium was not that of Charlotte FC, but the Amalfitani in which Vélez received the River for the Clausura tournament of that year.
The action that granted the penalty was a foul by Enzo Francescoli on Pacha Cardozo. Yes, the prince scratched the left wing marker who was joining the attack. The referee was Carlos Mastrángelo and that was his last game.
The match was drawn 1-1 and Chilavert’s goal – which if Mastrangelo hadn’t crouched would lose his head – was the 2-1 run of a match that ended 3-2 in favor of Fortín, who at that moment had technical director by Carlos Bianchi.
More meters, fewer meters, the two goals are very similar and are separated by more than two decades and a few kilometers, but the same debauchery in the celebrations.
Source: Clarin
