Hindu was the best team in the regular phase and ratified it in the first of the semifinals of URBA Top 13 in which he defeated the last champion 29-14, CUBA, on the field ALMOST. He thus accepted the definition of the tournament after four years, an instance in which he will try to recover a crown that has been denied him since 2017. There he will face Newman or SICwhich will face each other this Sunday at 4 pm, again in San Isidro.
The match between Hindú and CUBA was very much played: both teams stand out for having an excellent defense and focus their game on the strength of the attackers, that’s why in this semi-final the match was played shorter than the one lined up and there are you have also been a lot of indiscipline.
Don Torcuato’s were those who committed the most infractions (Nicolas Amaya, Carlos Repetto, Santiago Fernández and Franco Diviesti received yellow cards), while Joaquín de la Vega Mendía was sent off for unintentionally hitting Benjamín Gutiérrez Meabe with a “shoulder. “. .
In the case of Villa de Mayo, their winger Marcos Young was sent off in the first half for committing an offense in extreme defense, trying to stop a “rastrón” by Tito Díaz Bonilla.
As part of the battle of the attackers, it was Hindu who showed the most when he used his favorite weapon, the malletformation that allowed him to sustain two tries to his hooker Agustín Capurro, who counting today’s game has 23 conquests and is the undisputed tryman of the race.
The forwards of Don Torcuato’s team also overturned the save in the 15 ‘of the second half, when CUBA started to sin in attack and prevented two attempts to touch (in the 23’ and 32 ‘) in which the CUBA players were entered in objective and I managed to block them so they can’t support.
The team from Villa de Mayo, meanwhile, managed to open the game thanks to a genius of its wing, Tomás Passaro, who activated the “Maradona mode” and escaped as many Hindu players as possible to exploit a very beautiful goal. on the left pennant that was transformed by Gutiérrez Meabe: curiously, those were the only points that CUBA scored in the match until Felipe de la Vega scored a try with one minute to go which only served to complete the statistics .
In Hindú there were high points: one of these was the aforementioned Agustín Capurro, but also Federico Graglia, who in previous seasons had played as a winger and for this year the technical staff has put him in the center and is showing a very interesting level.
Santiago Fernández, inexplicably reprimanded eight minutes from the end, once again excels in the transformation, as always, and also helps to send on the posts: in the first half he scores an impressive penalty from midfield that helps Hindú to go to the locker room 17-7 ahead .
Also important is the work of Joaquín Díaz Bonilla (fundamental in leaving CUBA with one less man) who also this year wore the Hindu shirt after finishing with the Sharks, from South Africa, and is facing his third stint with the club at 33. The last time Tito wore the Elephant jersey was in 2017 and now he will try to end this season with a new title.
Another major comeback Hindú has had this year was that of mainstay Ramiro Herrera, who came from being Puma and the last five seasons in French rugby (Stade Francais and La Rochelle, where he was second). . In this match against CUBA, Cumpa had to come in with 10 minutes to go and “hold on” and contributed all of his knowledge in the permanent formations to handcuff the Villa de Mayo team at the end.
Now it will be time to rest and rearrange the team for Hindú, who in the next final will not be able to use the center Joaquín De la Vega Mendía, so the coaching staff led by Francisco Fernández Miranda will be forced to touch the defense line in front of the definition.
The summary of the match
The joy of the Hindu players
Hindú played a very good match against CUBA and the cheering of the players in the end was important, considering that this match is something of a classic and now had the seasoning of being a semi-final.
One of those who most experienced this passage of Don Torcuato’s team to the final was Joaquin Diaz Bonillawho highlighted: “It’s an immense joy, I think these things are dreamed of and living them today is incredible. It was a difficult game, we made it and we still have one week to prepare for the best match of the year and continue to grow in our game which has always been our goal. “
Another one that spoke in the winner was the Cumpa Herrerawho highlighted: “I am happy, I feel that time does not pass here, that it is always a party, people give it a terrible color and clubs an impressive dedication. You can feel it on the pitch, it is pure energy. gone and luckily today the club has an award and an extra week of work. “
Source: Clarin
