12/27/2020 14:10
Clarín.com
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Updated 12/27/2020 7:11 PM
After the frustration in the Copa Libertadores, the announcement of the departure of coach Sebastián Beccacece, which adds to the dismissal of Diego Milito, and on the 19th anniversary of the 2001 Apertura title, which broke the 3-year drought, Racing gave their fans a win in the last official game of the year.
It was 6-1 to Godoy Cruz, after losing 1 to 0.
The Mendoza team started the game playing in the rival field and with a lot of pressure.
At five minutes, the debutant Nahuel Ulariaga captured a ball in the large area and defined with a strong right hand.
At five minutes, Godoy Cruz went 1-0.
Much bad luck for the kid who scored the goal in his debut in the First Division.
He collided with his partner Andrada and injured his knee.
At 12 minutes, he was replaced by Sebastián Lomónaco.
Godoy Cruz lowered the pressure after Ulariaga's departure.
Meanwhile, Racing took the initiative but in no passage of the rest of the first stage did he disturb the fence defended by Roberto Ramírez.
Before the end of the first half, another Tomba player, Damián Pérez, was injured after a collision with an opponent.
Godoy Cruz started better in the final part.
First, a shot from Tesuri that Arias sent to the corner.
He reached the center to the area and Goñi's header was very close.
However, two minutes later, Racing equalized with a cross shot from outside by Matías Rojas.
With the tie and a more positive attitude from Matías Rojas, at 11 minutes into the final part the Academy managed to turn the result around.
Rojas opened the field to the left for Mena, a low center at the goal of the area and Melgarejo appeared to beat Ramírez, with a weak reaction, with a powerful left foot.
Godoy Cruz beaten by the defeat, emotionally intoned Racing, began to settle the lawsuit at 25 minutes, with a break from Paraguayan Melgarejo, who got into the area and defined with a powerful crossed right hand.
After the expulsion of Lomónaco, Racing found many more spaces.
At 31 minutes, Lionel Miranda appeared on the right, sent a cross to the heart of the area and Melgarejo appeared again for the fourth of the team, third of his harvest.
The fifth was a carbon copy of the third, Mena's center from the left but the one who appeared was Matías Rojas, to define left-handed from the door of the area.
In addition to the scorer of the afternoon, the one who also stood out was the Chilean Mena, who got tired of overflowing on the left.
Another center and Fértoli put her with the back of her neck between two visiting men.
The game will be played this Sunday 27 at the Presidente Perón stadium, in the city of Avellaneda, from 17:10, with the arbitration of Nicolás Lamolina and televising of the Fox Sports signal.