Racing in free fall: Talleres fought against his team and lost five of his last six Lega Professionisti games

The whistle at the end is the answer to another sad night of racing. The defeat, the fifth in the last six dates, makes sense in that disjointed team, with notable absences and a substitution not up to par. It is true that he reacted in the second half, but it was a spasm. The workshops, with extraordinary human resources up front, slapped him. Victory might even have been more comfortable. They scored 23 goals for Gabriel Arias and he is joint goalkeeper of the tournament with Arsenal and Gimnasia. At 19 points behind River, he has lost the championship train and Fernando Gago’s cycle is at its most critical.

Racing took it on the cheap in the first half. Talleres managed to go to the locker room with the seal of a victory. And it is also true that the Academy could have evened. The VAR approved Diego Bonfá’s decision, who raised his flag when Maxi Moralez came face to face with Guido Herrera and defined the goalkeeper’s body. Even with the lines drawn, the forward position was not respected. Even so, due to each other’s performances, that disallowed goal will be an anecdote. Decidedly, the Cordobas were superior.

THE heavy losses that Racing left Gago naked. Without Aníbal Moreno or Matías Rojas, the structure suffers. And there was already talk of the absence of Emiliano Vecchio and Leonel Miranda. Neither Paolo Guerrero nor Maxi Romero, the two starters “9”. Nicolás Reniero does not compensate. There is a problem related to the squad category, it is clear. And also he lacks tactical and emotional reflexes.

The carelessness in Michael Santos’ first goal is inadmissible. The local players were left to ask Matías Catalán for a penalty on Reniero which went unnoticed in the several replays. And Gabriel Hauche, turned right again in the double function of attack and collaborator of Facundo Mura, closed towards the inside under pressure from Ramón Sosa, Rodrigo Garro enabled Santos and the Uruguayan, who is on a hot foot, has not forgiven.

Five minutes passed and the stadium was abuzz. The message went directly to the players. And with the second goal, for the leaders. Once again they combined Sosa, Garro and Santos. Once again Racing has failed, in this case Emiliano Insúa. The Paraguayan assisted the Cordovan who led the ball at a gallop, Gabriel Arias covered one-on-one, but the league’s top scorer caught the rebound to scream loud again.

The ball began to burn at the feet of the younger one, Tomás Avilés and Emiliano Saliadarre. In this critical context, Nicolás Oroz has taken matters into his own hands. At least, he’s tried to connect with Maximo Moralez and Reniero at the top or switch sides for Oscar Opazo. But the recurring problem of Racing is the recoil. It is permeable in the middle and its central points are always in the opposite direction. And Talleres didn’t score the third because Leonardo Sigali came to anticipate a definition from Gastón Benavídez, sharp on the right. It almost finished with a goal against. The defender’s rebound exploded on the crossbar.

At the end of the first half, Oroz, Reniero and Moralez find themselves in three passes and Herrera shrinks his legs and reflexes in speed. And with the entry of Iván Pillud, he has tried to deepen the complement. However, a blow from Catalán and a block between Santos and Valoyes was enough for the Colombian.

The match was settled, but Gago changed positions and improved the team. Saliadarre moves to the right and the little boy Baltasar Rodríguez enters. Moralez grew up and assisted Pillud, who served with a spectacular left foot.

Racing ran wild in need. They could not raise Santos or Valoyes. And Oroz doubled up after another play from Moralez. Suddenly, the Academy found itself on the verge of a tie. However, the Centrals had a deplorable night. Insúa, above all, but also Sigali, who knocked Sosa down in a hurry. Net penalty that Valoyes exchanged for a goal.

The end found Racing with many guys on the field: Catriel Ceballos, Román Fernández and the aforementioned Rodríguez. It wasn’t the best scenario for so many young people. Was it necessary to expose them? Talleres was able to score more goals. Bustos broke his stick and Sosa lost it under the arch. He was more than his rival he. The Academy is soulless. He doesn’t like it anymore, nor does he win. They beat him. Worse impossible.

Racing was 19 points adrift of River