It could be assumed that the distance between San Martín de Tucumán and Racing in the standings justified the possible difference in hierarchy between both teams and that it could be seen on the field. However, that was far from happening. In a match that was very poor in creativity, with players disputing “the merit” of showing who lost the ball the fastest and in which goal situations occurred in dribs and drabs, the Tucumán team caught a Racinguista defensive rebound, the prelude of which had been a failed start started by Facundo Rivero, and they settled the result.
Junior Arias, with very poor performance until that moment, suddenly appeared to have the luck of the scorers. And that is why the three points traveled to the north of the country.
There was only some superiority on the part of the winner when the ball passed through the boots of Pablo Hernández, who circulated it without carrying it through the mud. San Martín was never superior to Racing; He just had a little more clarity in moving the ball and that was reflected in Mattalía’s little work in his goal.
Racing, in this match, was very worrying. He presented his worst performance of the championship. His midfield put only will, but he did not coordinate any play that would take him with ambition towards the Tucumán fence. The position in the midfield of Rodrigo Sayavedra drew attention, with poor performances when he occupied the left side of the defense, disorganized in his movement across the grass and without collaborating in the creation of plays. In reality, all Racing had that lack. Lazy Axel Oyola, determined, but without ideas, Leandro Fernández, nor could we see any contribution from Matías Pardo. The Academy, in its ambition, only seemed to have a chance in sending Bruno Nasta inside the area, something that never happened.
The public, after Arias’ goal, expressed their discontent. Racing shows a lack of confidence in its members and a certain collective disorientation. It only seems to rely on the almost always good performances of Javier Mattalía, Wilfredo Olivera and Rivero, and on some success by Nasta in the opponent’s net. Very little for a team that started the tournament with other ambitions, but that seems to be sinking little by little into uncertainty and lack of effectiveness.
