01/10/2021 18:48
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 01/10/2021 23:27
In the Diego Maradona Cup, this Sunday night it is the turn to meet the other protagonist of the duel that will be held next Sunday at the San Juan Bicentennial Stadium.
And there are three applicants for a single place: Banfield, Talleres y Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, who are looking for the ticket that will take them to Cuyo for the grand final with Boca (the classified in Zone A).
The first emotion of the night came before the games.
What happened?
A
strong storm
broke out over Santa Fe and forced the start of the clash between Colón and Talleres to be postponed.
Thus, the other two games were also delayed to avoid any possibility of a sports advantage.
At the end, with about 15 minutes of delay and some doubts about the state of the playing field in the Elephant Cemetery, everyone started.
The one with the advantage of entry was
Javier Sanguinetti's
Drill
, host of a San Lorenzo that arrived beaten, without chances and with DT Mariano Soso in doubt.
El Taladro, leader of the group with 9 points before the start of the date (Talleres had 8 and Gimnasia, 7), entered the final with a victory, without depending on other results.
This was the goal of #Talleres for this goal by Valoyes wins 1-0 pic.twitter.com/wR8E21SjMg
- Franco Veliz (@FrancoDavidV) January 11, 2021
But the first big impact of the night on the playing field was achieved by Talleres.
Precisely the Colombian
Diego Valoyes
, the same one who kept alive the chance of the Cordovan team with his goal on the hour for the 3-2 against Banfield on the previous date, was in charge with a volley goal to make the difference in Santa Fe. triumph put Alexander Medina's team in the final.
Of course, the
Drill
still had the great chance in its hands: beating San Lorenzo, with whom it continued to draw without goals, put it in the final.
And then one of his best players appeared: Colombian
Mauricio Cuero
drew a nice play on the right of the attack and sent the center that
Bordagaray
headed into the net for the first goal of the game.
The one that was shouted with everything because it meant qualifying for the final without depending on others.
#CopaMaradonaEnTNTsports |
Pure category!
Mauricio Cuero put together a barbaric play after the change of front, threw the punctured center and Bordagaray headed only for the 1-0 that, for now, classifies the Drill to the Final of the #DiegoMaradona Cup.
Banfield 🆚 San Lorenzo pic.twitter.com/tb5PB289Ss
- TNT Sports LA (en 🏡) (@TNTSportsLA) January 11, 2021
In the second half, Talleres increased their lead to two goals with a header from
Nahuel Tenaglia
.
It was not enough, but it aimed to reinforce the pressure on a Banfield that had no margin for error: any other result that was not victory was no longer enough.
A team of
Javier Sanguinetti
did not appear to
weigh responsibility.
And in fact he got a little more calm with a nice Fontana scissors that gave him one more goal away on the scoreboard just over half an hour from the end of the game.
In the middle, in addition Colón discounted and Gimnasia was 1-0 down in La Plata against Atlético Tucumán.
It seemed that everything was heading for the South.
And then San Lorenzo appeared with a nice offensive excursion by Salazar, who hand in hand with Arboleda defined with class so that the game was 2-1.
Banfield was again tighter and in Córdoba they were excited.
In the closing, the Drill bet on the counterattack and took refuge behind before a San Lorenzo that left three defenders in the background and went with everything in search of the tie.
The victory was worth the pass to the final and each time there were fewer minutes to close the story.
But the Sanguinetti team, who had seen the possibility of a valuable draw in Córdoba very close last Monday and had escaped in the end, did not want any more surprises.