They move here, they move there. The fans, who sing in the popular García Miraban. The Argentine players, who play and play, who are not globetrotter from La Paternal but shine in front of a dark Racing. Yes, nothing looks like it THE Academy to the team that in 2022 won praise for its identity and won two sold out cups against Boca. No games, no goals, no rebellion, no response from the bench. He’s lost and worries, not just about the results.

The best thing that happened to Racing was the end of the first half. At that height, very tense, had spent too much energy protesting against Fernando Echenique. And he went to half-time one man down due to Juan Cáceres’ sending off, corrected thanks to the VAR. What we saw in those first forty-five minutes of La Paternal was one of the worst versions of the Fernando Gago cycle. Instead, it turned out to be a great game for Argentinos Juniors. Especially Rodrigo Cabral.

The right winger who arrived from Huracán was key man. Thrown from the left, he drove Cáceres crazy, ended up prematurely in the showers for an ironing on the figure. Thus Argentinos crossed paths with Racing aboard a 4-2-3-1 in which the reference was Gabriel Avalos.

Perhaps due to his rival’s plan, Gago planted a team that was far from having the seal of his best moments. Aware of the damage the Argentines do on the outside, he has canceled the projection of his sides. Neither Cáceres nor Gonzalo Piovi stepped up their lanes. Even so, both suffered as Matías Rojas and Jonathan Gómez failed to lend a hand, although the Paraguayan was far less active in the second half.

The technician of Academy populated the medium with creative flyers. Besides Gómez and Rojas, he started with Maxi Moralez and Nicolas Oroz. The idea was to get a good amount of play to assist Maxi Romero. He repeated himself a lot in the middle and didn’t deepen on the outside. Only at the end of the first half, even with one less player, does the pass to the centre-forward arrive which, once again, is irregular. He broke the last line twice in which Miguel Torrén and Lucas Villalba stood out, but collided with the body of Federico Lanzillota, who reduced well. In the second he resolved badly, he deviated.

Argentinos prevailed on the basis of pressure in the center and pain on the wings. Gabriel Arias was decisive in covering two balls destined for goal and Cabral was a protagonist in both. First, to win the rope and change from left to right for the arrival of Thiago Nuss. Then, to spill over, he punched in a cross and left Gastón Verón in an unbeatable position. He led the 10 and the number one from Neuquén won the duel again by pure reflex.

Cáceres’ dismissal meant Gago was without a midfielder and Moralez was out. Iván Pillud came on, but had the same problems with Cabral. At the beginning of the second half, however, he gave up because Argentinos attacked on the right with Nuss. Gabriel Milito made a change that decried his intent to get more juice out of the center through Federico Redondo and disarmed the back four.

Cabral had it, but Jonathan Galván parried down the line. They combined Redondo, Verón, Avalos and González Metilli, but the midfielder’s shot with the double surname went just wide. The domain belonged to the Argentines. So, Gago moved the bank. Juan Nardoni and Gabriel Hauche entered, more dynamic than Rojas and Oroz.

It seemed to balance it out, but only for a few minutes. The Argentines were superior. And the great goal came from who comfortably deserved it, Cabral, who received from Avalos, put in the diagonal and pulled out an unassailable right foot for Arias.

Racing did not kick Lanzillota’s goal in the plug-in. And he ended up disappearing with two 9s, because Nicolás Reniero also entered. left a sad picture. The smiles, the game, the goal and the victory, everything belonged to Argentinos, even if they finished with one down due to Montiel’s expulsion.