El Patron wins 2-1 against Gymnastics and awaits the winner between River and Defense and Justice. (@Coppa_Argentina)
Patronage cured but won. Despite playing with an alternative team because they have their heads in the fight to stay in the Professional League, they won 2-1 against Gymnastics of La Plata and advanced to the round of 16 of the Argentine Cup. Now, the Patron waits in the quarterfinals River Plate or Defense and Justice.
The bout, played in Chaco, began with those led by facundo sava take the lead in the scoring, more precisely 10 minutes into the first half, after a good overflow by Facundo Cobos, who throws a cross and heads into Marcelo Estigarribia’s small area. The striker lunged for a popcorn and turned his first goal of the afternoon.
El Lobo equalized in the 38th minute of the first half, after a lukewarm approach, on a corner kick – executed in an excellent way – by German Brahian was Franco Soldano who put his head and decreed partial parity.
The first time was really a lot of fun. Patronato immediately strikes, but on the other hand Gimnasia has more drive than ideas and manages to equalize the game. After the goal, the driven players are in total control of the final minutes and almost took the lead at half-time.
At 20 ‘of the second half Marcelo Estigarribia once again sent the ball on parade and once again took Facundo Sava’s team into the lead. After a good succession of steps, only Giani Receives the ball near the crescent of the area and filters a great pass that is received by Estigarribia and defined in an excellent way against a Rodrigo Rey who can hardly avoid the goal.
The hero and figure of the afternoon was replaced with 23 minutes of complement and in his place came José Barreto. The competitor would be the protagonist of the afternoon, but due to an unfortunate situation. It is that the striker was sent off for a double yellow card after 40 minutes, but the peculiarity is that he had seen the first yellow card two minutes before the red one.
Despite the man on the ground and the push of the Wolf at the end, Patronato managed to advance to the next round. On paper it was complicated, given that they presented an alternative team, given that the priority of those of Paraná is to score points in the Professional League, but as always the Argentine Cup leaves us some surprises.
Source: Clarin
