Updated to Sunday 4/28/2024 18:23hs
(Special Envoy to Buenos Aires)
Once – or several times – Delfino said that you had to know how to adapt to the different characteristics and challenges of the category. Vico, Brown’s coach, confirmed it to El Litoral before the game: “The field is 98 meters long and 54 meters wide.” Reduced measurements and bad floor. They were circumstances that did not help, that were not the best for a Colón that needs space and a good playing field. And Colón, who had another matter in this match beyond playing with a lower level team, did not stammer and overthrew the hierarchy in less than fifteen minutes with an exclusive figure: Braian Guille. The “10”, a “criminal” of football (mischievous, lively, brave, courageous), left Toledo alone in the first and created the free kick that he subsequently executed with notable quality, taking advantage of the enormous free space that he left Agüero at the right post.
Colón went 2 to 0 in the blink of an eye, against a rival that complicated from the outside with Benítez on the right and Castillo on the left, but any attempt through centers for the big Pulicastro ended in the hands of a certain Vincentini. And when Colón had the ball, he was vertical, direct, with shots for a Toledo that won a lot and a Guille that made the rival defenders nervous with play and also because he did not escape friction.
The remarkable first half of Guille, a dominant figure, was signed in the 40th minute, when after a bad rejection, Jourdan placed an intelligent pass for Guille, who was alone inside the area and defined with a smooth shot, not without quality. unique in a match that feigned to be about fighting and “club”, but Colón was in charge of playing it with that hierarchy and forcefulness of the early stages, a hallmark of this Delfino team.
Without suffering behind (except for a header from Aguirre at the end of the first half), Colón had absolute control of the match. Prediger and Talpone worked more on containment, Lago went from lowest to highest although without the imbalance of other parties, like Jourdan. This time, the best of Colón was not seen on the sides, but in the center. Toledo and Guille, especially the latter, were unbalanced and unstoppable.
Colón went into halftime with a 3-0 lead that almost ended the game with half still remaining. Efficiency, forcefulness, Guille’s enormous figure (a nightmare for this humble Brown), concentration and poise of the rest to put together a performance and an undisputed result.
The initiative belonged to Brown at the restart, but Colón looked for it via counterattack. And he had the fourth in a great play by the unstoppable Guille, who was fouled, but Jourdan followed, who faced Agüero alone, played for Lago who entered better profile and the cross shot was stopped by the goalkeeper, in a very clear play the Gol.
It was a warning, because immediately, Lago made a wonderful pass to Jourdan, who after dominating the ball defined with a shot to place to score the fourth. The game was already over in the first half, but Colón did not stop going forward to continue marking, on the net, the marked superiority between both teams.
With the game planned in that way, Delfino moved the bench and took out the figure of the game (Guille) for Bernardi to enter and also took out another who played a good game (Toledo) for Leguizamón to enter. Two key players left, but the coach took the opportunity to avoid unnecessary physical waste by some players. A few minutes later, Sabella entered for Jourdan and passed Talpone to the right side, without changing the tactical structure, beyond the fact that almost the entire offensive block was refreshed. And finally, Juncos and Vega on the field for Lago, who was not as unbalanced as he was in other games and a Prediger who, strikingly, had inaccuracies in some passes, something unusual in a high-ranking player for this category.
Between the helplessness of a dedicated rival and a Colón who did not make much of an effort to continue scoring goals, the referee put an end to a match that had ended much earlier than in the 90th minute.
