Another hit against. Racing Clubthat lost 2-1 with WaistClimbing Remedies in the 16th final, suffered another surprise elimination in the Argentine Cup, a tournament that he was never able to win.
The team led by Gustavo Costas had seven games in a row with victories, among all competitions, and wanted to stay standing in the elusive Argentine Cup, since it is the leader of its group in the CONMEBOL Sudamericana. Meanwhile, they had already said goodbye to the League Cup, without being able to advance to the quarterfinals.
But Talleres de Remedios de Escalada, which participates in the First National, a category to which it reached this year and where it is not firm, took a hit and left the Academy out. He had just left out Instituto de Córdoba and this Thursday he got rid of a great rival in Argentine football, with figures of the caliber of Adrián Maravilla Martínez, his scorer, plus Juanfer Quintero, Roger Martínez, Maxi Salas, Agustín Almendra, Bruno Zuculini and Ohan Chickadee.
For Racing, it was not just another fall, far from it. Because he lost to a nearby rival from the South zone, which he had not faced in a few decades, and it meant his fourth elimination from the Argentine Cup at the hands of a promotion rival.
The Avellaneda Academy was never able to win the Argentine Cup, a competition won by seven teams in these 11 years. Boca Juniors and River Plate won it three times, being the top champions, while Racing reached the final only once, in 2011/2012, when they lost 2-1 to Xeneize.
In 2013, Racing fell to Tristán Suárez, in 2017 at the hands of Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, in 2018 against Sarmiento de Resistencia, in 2019 against Boca Unidos, in 2022 with Agropecuario and now against Talleres de Remedios de Escalada, in different rounds of the federal tournament.
