Central Español
plays in the last category of Argentine soccer, the First D. Its players, who are not professionals,
train in the morning but have to work in the afternoon
in order to survive in this fluctuating Argentina.
The 'Gallego' does not even have its own stadium, which began the year with a summer postcard to remember: it
eliminated Tigre (five categories above) from the Argentine Cup
, after drawing 1-1 and beating it on penalties to advance to the round of 16
The team of the lowest category had the
first fatal minute and peak
after the initial whistle, but managed to recover and even at times managed the times of the game.
He didn't let Matador play and got up to him.
Thus he managed to tie it in the second part and held up very well, when coach
Diego Martínez
moved the bench and put a tank to try to settle the match.
The last 25 minutes were for Tigre, but despite the entry of the headlines that he saved, he could not
.
The D team played with a strong leg, as if it had not been televised.
El Gallego went to penalties with the spirit above his rival, who did not understand why he had not achieved victory in the 90 regulation.
The opening of the scoreboard was entirely by Tigre: Central Español failed to touch the ball and as if it were a formality, Badaloni made it 1 to 0. Had there been VAR,
the tie would have been measured
.
But Senn stopped the ball with his cue, controlled it and defined with class.
A goal from another category.
The Professional League team added chances of all colors, but did not score any.
Not even Retegui, who came on fire at the start of the season, was able to convert his options in front of the goal.
With the tie, they inexorably went to penalties.
The definition was very good by del Gallego:
everyone inside
, except for goalkeeper Benítez, who had the definition at his feet, because he had been in charge of covering Retegui's first shot, and sent it to the stands.
The one-on-one definition did not last long: Montoya missed his and Central Español was left with the pass to the next phase that will settle with
Defense and Justice
.
look also
Balbo and his first victory as DT of Estudiantes de La Plata: thrashed against Independiente de Chivilcoy by Copa Argentina