The wait is over. 86 days after the historic consecration of Patronage at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza, the Argentina cup returned this Tuesday with the start of the eleventh edition. The rojinegroni, who went down to the First National team, were the protagonists of the opening match and responded: they beat 2-0 against Gymnastics and jump shotof the Federal Tournament, to access the second round of the competition.
The match was played at the Brigadier General Estanislao López de Colón stadium in Santa Fe, near the city of Paraná, which caused a good number of fans of Entre Ríos, who ended up celebrating the classification, which makes them wait for the winner of the duel between Argentines Juniors and Deportivo Armeno.
Corridor of the players of the Salta team for those of the Executive Council, who took to the field with the 2022 edition champion trophy in the captain’s hand Sergio Ojeda.
The responsibility to defend the title came with a major makeover on the Board of Trustees. Beyond the incentive represented by the historic opportunity to contest the Libertadores Cupthe Board of Trustees failed to endorse the champion coach facundo sava and not even to the spine composed of Facundo Altamirano, Charles Quintana, Nicole Castro Y Marcellus Estigarribiawho completed their respective loans.
The relegation of category was a trigger that had a capital weight in the decision and generated the substitution of pieces that caused the landing, on the substitutes’ bench, of Walter Otta.
Despite the changes, the ‘Patron’ was clearly dominant, with plenty of intensity, good pace and offensive power. But he had to wait until the second half to break the tie, after wasting several dangerous situations.
A header from Christian Gonzalez, after a free kick by Valdez Chamorro which was protested by the whole Salta team, scored the 1-0 for ‘Patron’. So what expanded was Russian Ignatiuscapitalizing on a loose ball in the box after bouncing off the crossbar.
For their part, Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta, fifth in the last north zone of the Torneo Federal, had the return as DT of Ruben Dario Forestellowho had led the team to the finals for promotion in 2021 (they lost to Chaco For Ever).
It was difficult for him to find the rhythm of the game and it was only after his rival’s first goal that he started to get dangerously close to Matías Budiño’s goal.
Patronato started by winning and is in the round of 16, so he continues with the defense of the latent title.
Source: Clarin
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