Gimnasia struck this Wednesday at the right moments and took the 2-1 home victory against Barracas Central to remain as one of the leaders of the competition temporarily, for the fifth date of the Professional Football League (LPF) tournament. ).
Benjamín Domínguez from a penalty kick, at 29 minutes into the initial stage, and Rodrigo Castillo, at 40 minutes into the second half, scored the goals for “Lobo”, while Marco Iacobellis, at 11 minutes into the second half, temporarily equalized for the visitor.
Gimnasia added 10 units and for now reached the line of the leaders Racing, Talleres de Córdoba, Huracán and Unión de Santa Fe, while Barracas Central was left with 4.
Barracas had control in the first half and generated risky chances, but “Lobo” found the advantage with a penalty that goalkeeper Sebastián Moyano committed against Rodrigo Castillo and the VAR supported the decision of referee Andrés Gariano.
At 29 minutes Domínguez executed the shot from twelve steps against the left of Moyano, who guessed the intention but could do nothing to make it 1-0 for the home team.
In the second half, Barracas Central went looking for him and achieved the tie at 11 minutes through Iacobellis, who appeared alone and scored against the right post.
When it seemed that the tie was a foregone conclusion, the La Plata team put in a lethal counterattack after a long ball to Matías Abaldo, who assisted Castillo and, entering through the middle, he pushed the ball into the net.
Synthesis
Stadium: Juan Carmelo Zerillo (La Plata).
Referee: Andrés Gariano.
Gym: Nelson Insfran; Juan Pintado, Leonardo Morales, Yonathan Cabral, Gustavo Canto; Lucas Castro, Rodrigo Saravia, Pablo de Blasis; Matías Abaldo, Rodrigo Castillo and Benjamín Domínguez. DT: Marcelo Méndez.
Central Barracks: Sebastian Moyano; Facundo Mater, Nicolás Demartini, Gonzalo Goñi, Rodrigo Insúa; Rodrigo Herrera, Alex Juárez, Santiago Coronel; Marco Iacobellis; Jhonatan Candia and Daniel Juárez. DT: Alejandro Orfila.
Goal in the first half: 29m Domínguez from penalty (G).
Goals in the second half: 11m Iacobellis (BC); 40m Castle (G).
Changes in the second half: 20m Siro Rosané by A.Juárez (BC); 24m Agustín Bolívar for Castro (G); 29m Alan Cantero for D.Juárez (BC); 30m Lucas Brochero for Iacobellis (BC) and Maximiliano Zalazar for Coronel (BC); 35m Guillermo Enrique by Pintado (G); 36m Nicolás Capraro for Candia (BC); 44m David Zalazar for De Blasis (G) and Felipe Sánchez for Canto (G).
