Godoy Cruz
beat
Platense
2-1 in the heat of the match and became the first qualifier from zone B for the quarterfinals of the League Cup. The winning goal was scored by Mariano Santiago (22 years old, former Almirante Brown), who was making his debut at Tomba. El Calamar played more than 60 minutes with 10 men due to the expulsion of Ignacio Vázquez.
Tomba had 20 minutes for applause. He had a chance at the minute that Badaloni wasted and scored the goal after two minutes after a cross from Altamira, Conechny brought it down for
Hernán López Muñoz
's scoring shot . And then it generated several situations that it failed to connect. Conechny free was a nightmare for the local defense, in addition to the constant changes in front.
THE TOMBA HIT AT THE START 🔵⚪
Hernán López Muñoz appeared in the area and defined for Godoy Cruz's 1-0 win over Platense #LPFxTNTSports pic.twitter.com/dXBgkhzcZk
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The local team managed to overcome that hot flash, began to even out the game and Tomba showed another side, weaker, more doubtful. Petroli had a good intervention and avoided the tie. Then, Lucas Ocampo threw it over the crossbar. And at 27 the tie came, with a corner kick from Ocampo that went in, the visiting goalkeeper had a weak reaction and the ball was left to Pellegrino for the tie.
THE SQUID TIE IT ⚽🦑
Agustín Ocampo looked for the Olympic goal and on the rebound the ball went to Mateo Pellegrino for Platense's 1-1 against Godoy Cruz #LPFxTNTSports pic.twitter.com/qVPUu3KnXd
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After 1-1, Platense was encouraged to look for the second and when he was dominating in all sectors, Ignacio Vázquez was sent off after elbowing Thomas Galdames. The referee Sebastián Zunino, well positioned, immediately gave him the red card. However, the squid player, angry with the decision, was slow to leave the playing field. He demanded the VAR review of the play, something that had already been done and that had ratified Zunino's decision.
He left after six minutes and when he left, he saw that the rival bench was laughing, he rebuked goalkeeper Roberto Ramírez, who responded. The squid defender went up in smoke and was separated. The referee went to the scene and showed Ramírez the red card. “I saw you,” he told her.
Despite the victory in the final, Godoy Cruz was never able to impose numerical superiority. Even Platense had several situations to win the victory, the clearest being a breakaway by Russo, who was one-on-one with Petroli and the goalkeeper won the duel and sent the ball into the corner. Everything good that the Mendoza team had done in the first 20 minutes of the game was forgotten.
In the final minutes, the visitor was encouraged, taking advantage of some spaces. Cejas went head to head with Juan Pablo Cozzani and the goalkeeper won. From the side, the goal came. The ball reached the area after a cross from Pier Barrios to Salomón Rodríguez, who tried to dominate the ball, Cozzani went to look for it, Suso took it out of his hands, it was left to Mariano Santiago who finished off the goal, the ball hit Juárez , newly admitted, and entered. An unfair victory but worth a classification.
AGONY GOAL FROM TOMBA TO CLASSIFY 🔵⚪
Mariano Santiago took advantage of the rebound and made it 2-1 for Godoy Cruz over Platense at the end of the match #LPFxTNTSports pic.twitter.com/hlTIGMuhsC
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