02/08/2020 - 20:04
- Clarín.com
- sports
At 4 minutes of the first half, Paolo Goltz hit it with a header after a free kick from the right. Euphoric celebration of Maradona and the tripero people, before a Board of Trustees that saw a difficult Saturday in El Bosque.
The game became locked and the triumph seemed to be laborious, but worth celebrating. Even when seven minutes were left until the end of the game, Néstor Pitana charged a penalty in favor of Gymnastics.
Lucas Barrios, who had entered in the first half by the injured Jhonathan Agudelo, took the ball and accommodated it at the penalty spot, confident of being a "race scorer", as defined by Maradona post game, and concentrated to put 2 to 0.
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He deceived goalkeeper Matías Ibañez with an amague and fired softly to the other side, to the right of the 12th opponent. But the ball hit the stick and the foundations of victory began to falter. The ghosts began to flutter.
Seconds later, the distracted fan who turned around to regret the lost penalty, but hopeful with holding the 1 to 0, looked back at the playing field and met the Patronato players hugging Gabriel Ávalos on a human mountain, who I had just scored 1 to 1.
In a minute, Gymnastics went from dreaming of three vital points to regretting two that can be decisive in their struggle not to lose the category.