Falcioni found Bielsa again and left him worried: Banfield beat Uruguay a few days before their debut in the Pre-Olympic football tournament

What football has united, football has rediscovered. In 1997, Marcelo Bielsa he accepted the challenge of being a leader Velez and summoned Giulio Cesare Falcioni leading a selection of Third and Fourth Division players, in what was his first experience as a coach. This Tuesday, in Maldonado, El Loco – at the head of the Uruguay national Under 23 team– he left worried because banfield del Emperador beat him 2 to 0, in the last match before the debut in the Venezuelan Olympic qualifiers, qualification for Paris 2024.

At the Domingo Burgueño Miguel stadium, Taladro’s goals were scored by Juan Bisanz in the first minute of the first phase and by Milton Giménez, in the 36th minute of the start of the round.

From the start both teams tried to dominate the match, which throughout the first half was rather tight and tactical, where both teams had their opportunities, but with little danger for the goalkeepers.

In the “charrúa” team there was Randall Rodríguez and in Banfield, Marcelo Barovero, the former River Plate goalkeeper who made a great performance on his debut.

At the end of the first half, ‘Taladro’ took a 1-0 lead thanks to Juan Bisanz’s goal.

The goal came after a cross from the left sent by Emanuel Insúa, which Milton Giménez connected with a header and assisted Bisanz, who only had to push the ball into the goal in the six yard area.

Already in the second half, Falcioni’s team, which had embraced Bielsa in a big hug, with the advantage in their favour, retreated to their own pitch and waited for the attacks of the team led by Bielsa, who will make his debut against Paraguay on 24 January – for group B, the same as Argentina, at the Venezuelan Pre-Olympics, looking for a place at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

With changes on both sides, the match became rather stagnant and emotionless.

In the 36th minute of the second half, the team from the south of Buenos Aires finished the match with the help of striker Milton Giménez. In one of the first interventions of the young Gerónimo Rivera in the match, he dominated the ball in the crescent of the area and after a nice personal play, sent a cross to the spot which Giménez converted into a goal with a header. he scored the 2-0 for his team which decided the match.

The drill? will debut in the LPF Cup against Huracán on Friday 26 January at 9.15pm.