Independiente were winning 2-0 but fell asleep, Gloria equalized and left booing again

From the enchanting inferno, almost in tune with the music that rang out from the loudspeakers before the match, to that ending which already seems to recur in the Libertadores de América Ricardo Enrique Bochini. A deluge of whistles in full sunlight. And no, there is no possible rainbow in that combination. This independent version of Leandro Stillitano has only from the one driven by Ariel Holan its vocation for the attack and the salute that the best red of recent times has saved. His former assistant cannot find his way back.

AS, Independiente went from gaining a two-goal lead and being on the brink of candy for the third to an unexpected draw and feeling like they couldn’t be left with nothing. Had it not been for the hands of Rodrigo Rey, the fall would have been due to decanting. And it is also true that he could have won it with his last breath, with the enthusiasm of the kids Santiago Hidalgo, Tomás Pozzo and Rodrigo Márquez. Jorge Carranza’s hands and stick prevented him. Avellaneda’s streak is diabolical: he added a 9 point in the Professional League and that was five dates he failed to win.

The coach, aware of everything that was at stake in this caldera, made adjustments. It seemed to start with a 4-2-4, with Nicolás Vallejo and Mateo Barcia wide open in the company of the two centre-forwards, Martín Cauteruccio and Matías Giménez. And it was a red storm in those first moments.

Not three minutes had passed and Carranza, the veteran goalkeeper from Cordoba, had wallowed in his box in a triple cover against Cauteruccio and Giménez. Institute, aboard a 4-4-2 seemed overwhelmed. Independent was aggressive. And he found a penalty that the VAR booked. Yael Falcón Pérez warned Nicolás Ramírez that Leonardo Mosevich had handed the ball during a sweep into the box. The referee watched the monitor and observed what he did not see – or considered non-punishable – on the playing field, that the central defender abruptly lowered his arm, he ran a risk. And he charged the crime. The Uruguayan, old fox of the area, swaps for the goal.

He didn’t change the game for Independiente. Far from being satisfied with the advantage, he bet more. From the management of Iván Marcone in the middle of the field and the Vallejo explosion, he created danger. The Sub 20 boy swung his left foot and blew the crossbar off. And it was he too who recovered the ball in front of his own area to lead the lethal counter-attack which ended with the second red goal.

Vallejo plays long for Giménez, who opens towards Kevin López and the young man projects to put the central back, San Juan’s “9” lets it go, Barcia receives and touches behind so that Cauteruccio, with a soft shot for a corner, leaves no chance for Carranza. All in the midst of a great desynchronization of the people of Cordoba. This was also a great goal.

Independiente’s problems began when Instituto, which had proved harmless, began to attack deeply. He had tried on the left, with the Gastón Lodico-Sebastián Corda tandem. But he began to have a greater role on the right, with Gabriel Graciani. He had a clear one, a block between Brahian Cuello and Santiago Rodríguez, who finished from the croissant and met with a great reaction from Rodrigo Rey.

From that game came the discount. Independiente’s defensive deficiencies had already been noticed from a set piece with a corner from Lodico from the left. Rodríguez’s corner kick from the left was devastating. It was a passed cross, Rey hesitated, no team-mate crossed and Adrián Martínez climbed to the far post to make the score 2 – 1. And the Cordovans nearly equalized in the denouement.

Independiente collapsed behind Marcone. And Kevin Lopez is out. Unarmed, with more heart than football, he looks for the middle distance with Giménez and Ostachuk, but Carranza covers. Franco Watson entered. Lodico has grown up. Institute noted that 2 to 2 was not impossible. Rey worked hard to block a very difficult shot. But in the ninth corner, the Cordobans won again. And from Lodico’s corner – still poorly defended – Linares’ turn and equalizer arrived.

Instituto seemed close to victory, with the people nervous and the Rossoneri going crazy. The neck has lost it. And Rey covered himself again in front of Alarcón. Hidalgo’s youthful pride remained. And that ends with Costa’s shot that Carranza covers and the rebound that Báez hits the post. And popular disapproval. Another time. Independiente is a giant who is still asleep and does not wake up.