Triumph of San Lorenzo: won at the Cilindro after 9 years against a disoriented Racing who finished with two less

Suddenly, the classic leaves behind a hard to digest first half and embraces football. is a good match of San Lorenzo and is reflected in the result. For the order, the concentration, the opportunism of a team that carried out its plan with conviction and ended up winning in an elusive field for almost ten years and at the hands of its manager.

It is a night that Racing must not forget. Eventually, you learn from mistakes. And he has done too many. From the approach and strategy to the changes of his coach, always in question. With nine men and at a disadvantage, Was it necessary to remove the marker? If at that point the only way to get to a draw was the centers for the head of Enzo Copetti.

There was Another key moment beyond the fundamentals that had Rubén Darío Insúa, coach of the old guard, and Fernando Gago, who is just starting his path in the technical direction, were missing. The expulsion of Tomás Chancalay. Twelve minutes were played by the Entre Ríos striker who replaced Matías Rojas. Until he nailed the thorns to Agustín Giay. And Fernando Espinoza had to resort to the VAR. The same method with which he showed Leonardo Sigali the red card for an iron shot on Adam Bareiro. A symptom of lack of control and loss of direction.

Equal, contested, somewhat cut and almost without situations in front of the areas. In this context, the match was played at the request of San Lorenzo, a very uncomfortable rival for Racing. Insua was alive. He gave possession to the opponent, occupied the spaces, blocked the circuits, cut and sought a counterattack. With the speed of Nahuel Barrios, in particular, or some long delivery for Bareiro, who fought hand-to-hand with Sigali, back in starting lineup after the tear that left him off the pitch last month.

The situation forced Racing, which is usually the protagonist. However, far from the voracity he showed in the last classic, right on this stage and against Boca, he chose to have patience to elaborate, but it lacked precision in assembly and explosion in the final stretch of the field. Gago’s team wasn’t deep except for a few Eugenio Mena projections.

Insúa’s 5-4-1 was not deployed too much. When he did, he freaked out. Much more Nicolás Fernández Mercau than Giay. The races did not exploit the rear of the sides, beyond the fact that they rarely neglected their own lanes. There was little gravity from Nicolás Oroz, few appearances from Matías Rojas and Leonel Miranda was not very lucid. Therefore, Emiliano Insúa’s balls flowed for Enzo Copetti. And the middle one didn’t have a calibrated viewfinder.

And on the center forward of the Academy, met the match of his shoe. Accustomed to physical play and friction with opponents, he had Cristian Zapata in front of him. The Colombian is fast at the crossroads and firm in advance.

The notebook was left blank. They didn’t kick the door. With the exception of a very wide shot from Rojas and a header from Copetti which loosely linked an expedition from Aníbal Moreno, Racing did not worry Augusto Batalla. The San Lorenzo has scored two free shots at the door of the area, made by Bareiro, who had to mistreat Sigali. Fernández Mercau and Ezequiel Cerutti pointed to the barrier.

In the second half, decisive entry of Andrés Vombergar. Not only because the ball falls from Juan Méndez’s goal after a cross from Ezequiel Cerutti; Also, he scored the second after a Fernández Mercau expedition that Bareiro combed. His definition was remarkable.

Between those two goals, Chancalay gets fired and Gago, who had already sacked Rojas and Miranda to give the team more dynamism, orders Jonathan Gómez and Maxi Romero to join. And Gomez was important. In one of his holds the 1-1 was created, then Aníbal Moreno opened for Mena and the Chilean’s center was fantastic. Copetti anticipated the central defenders and the cylinder exploded.

The blue and white happiness didn’t last long. The race was divided in the middle, an area that Juan Méndez took over, in a large category. And if the result wasn’t more comfortable, it’s because Gonzalo Maroni couldn’t beat Gabriel Arias.

San Lorenzo didn’t win two games in a row a year ago. Racing falls short in important cases. So it will be difficult to fight for the title.