02/21/2021 19:06
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Updated 02/21/2021 8:36 PM
In Paraná, Julio César Falcioni's team equals 0-0 against Patronato in an even, discreet game with few arrivals in goal.
The visit seeks its first triumph in the League Cup after the loss to Lanús in the debut.
THE EMPEROR REQUESTED PENALTY 🚨
Julio César Falcioni got up from the bench and claimed the maximum penalty ⚠ Was it a penalty for Rojo?
How nice it is to see you on the courts again, Falcioni!
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It was a rough first stage, with inaccuracies but also with a different rhythm than the one that Avellaneda's group had offered at its premiere.
With mistakes, but with another predisposition to accompany Silvio Romero in the offensive search.
In this the local cooperated, who tried to take a step forward and also offered him spaces for Menéndez, on the left, to try to connect lines.
The local, on the other hand, was repeated in the idea of betting on the right lane of its midfield and with the ball (almost) always for Comas.
But everything was limited to air shipments that were resolved between Sebastián Soda and the central Falcioni team.
The line of five defenders remained in the Red, but with the inclusions of Palacios and Menéndez he won heads-up to come out fast when he recovered the ball near his area.
Of course: in those first 45 minutes Matías Ibáñez's goal was too far away to show an improvement in what he showed in his debut in the tournament.
On defense, the appearance of Juan Manuel Insaurralde did add him to the defensive air shipments he suffered against Lanús a week ago.
Just that in a first stage in which Independiente claimed a penalty for an alleged hand of Gissi.
Was nothing.