The word
“champion”
flows from the mouths of those fans who defy the extreme temperature at sunset in the Nuevo Gasómetro.
If they lived through the hell of campaigns that burned technicians, how can they not be excited about this serious team that Rubén Darío Insua put together?
"That's the Gallego..."
, as the ovation in the form of a song that was born spontaneously in the second half says,
"who arrived in Boedo"
to end the darkest days, much in spite of the institutional problems that persist.
San Lorenzo is the leader of the tournament, he is unbeatable in his Bajo Flores redoubt, where he has recorded seven wins in a row,
and this Saturday he made forcefulness a cult.
Gymnastics was left very soon with one less man, it is true.
However, he is forced to settle with
chirolas
, not only because of his coach, who jumped from the Reserve and took charge of the team when the leaders could not retain Néstor Gorosito and most of the players who fought last tournament.
It has a youth squad, with some interesting values, but it does not have a hierarchy.
And he will arrive ruined at the La Plata classic, neither more nor less.
The heat conditioned the game, but above all the expulsion of Guillermo Enrique, warned by the VAR.
It is hard to believe that Pablo Echavarría only applied a yellow card against such a sliding tackle on Malcom Braida.
He needed Fernando Espinoza to call him from Ezeiza and the Cordovan judge corrected his mistake.
Until then, it had been difficult for him to adjust to San Lorenzo.
Even at a numerical disadvantage, Gimnasia produced the best situation in half an hour.
With two daring boys who have a future.
This is the case of Benjamín Domínguez (19 years old) and Alan Lescano (21), who met in Augusto Batalla's area and the play did not end in a goal due to the remarkable intervention of the goalkeeper against Cristian Tarragona.
However,
San Lorenzo took shape.
With two changes.
One, input.
Agustín Martegani was embodied in the handle from the middle of the field.
The presence of the young 22-year-old midfielder gave him clarity at the start and sharp passes.
Inwards or to the sides.
With the wisdom of a veteran
, coincidentally with the number "20" worn by Néstor Ortigoza, he distributed the game.
And on the sides, Braida unevened, especially.
And the two tanks, Andrés Vombergar and Adam Bareiro, were waiting in the area.
The other, after the expulsion of Enrique.
The entrance of the incisor Iván Leguizamón.
The fans of San Lorenzo are excited.
Photo: Juano Tesone
So, each cross that crossed the sky here between Varela, Perito Moreno and Cruz was a sensation of danger for Tomás Durso.
The visiting sides were overwhelmed.
Bautista Barros Schelotto had a very bad time.
And Braida, after receiving from Martegani, hit
a double hitch that recalled the best times of
Burrito
Ortega.
The airship was perfect and Vombergar seemed to have wings on his feet.
He jumped up and shook the bow with a headbutt that could match his last name.
Romero had made a change that ended up being detrimental a minute before the goal of the attacker of Slovenian roots.
Because he dispensed with Lescano, who had shown his virtues, and bet on Agustín Bolívar to reinforce the midfield and give a hand to Ignacio Miramón, who was reprimanded and should have been sent off by Echavarría.
What difference was there between Enrique's ironing on Braida and the kid's kick on Vombergar?
That Espinoza did not call his colleague, perhaps guilty for not leaving Gimnasia with two fewer men from the first stage.
Water to quench the heat in Bajo Flores.
Photo: Juano Tesone
The second half was a Barca explosion.
With Martegani driving and Braida unbalancing.
Echavarría observed Barros Schelotto's penalty on the Cordovan.
The twins' nephew took him by the arm, the midfielder kicked uncomfortably and the referee stepped back to charge a penalty.
Controversial.
Bareiro stung him and scored 2-0.
Insua appealed to Carlos Sánchez to balance the middle and Romero's changes did not work.
Battle almost did not touch the ball.
Durso drowned out Leguizamón's cry and soon came the third, from Gastón Hernández after a free kick from Jalil Elías, another outstanding player now on the right wing.
And immediately, the fourth, another great play by Martegani that Bareiro pushed under the goal.
The people withdrew happily, beyond the oppression of forty degrees.
San Lorenzo is a leader, has an identity and wins, after all, the most important thing in football.
