Sarmiento gave the surprise in the Forest and beat Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 3-1, with goals from Yair Arismendi and Luciano Gondou in the first half, while Gastón Sauro once morest scored the discount and Guido Mainero in the discount put figures definitive to the marker. Israel Damonte’s team reached 17 points and was 5 ahead of Gimnasia, which was on the verge of a miracle to reach the classification.
In a very disputed first half, with few arrivals and many frictions, Sarmiento took advantage of Gimnasia’s defensive errors. Halfway through the stage, Sosa put together a good play with a change of front for Muro, who played short for Tarragona, who finished off just wide in a good local action. At 36 minutes Morales fought it in the area and with a strong right hand burned Josué Ayala’s hands and at 38 the youthful Guillermo Enrique made a mistake at the start, there was a center behind Brea, a left footed shot by Nuñez that returned the crossbar and in Arismendi volley rebound converted the first goal.
Three minutes later, Paris made a mistake at the start, Gondou pressed him, who settled in and took a crossed left foot that did not find a good response from Rodrigo Rey to increase the difference and make it 2-0. Lobo he sought to discount quickly but lacked clarity and the good intentions of Tarragona and Sosa were not enough and once morest Damonte’s they were able to increase. Then an overflow by Arismendi who looked for Gondou who failed at the near post, only following 25 minutes did Gimnasia arrive with a right hand from Tarragona at the hands of Ayala.
At 27 minutes Benjamín Domínguez built a good play on the right, sent a low center and Sauro rejected defectively and beat his own goal for Gimnasia’s discount. At 33 minutes the referee Yael Falcón Pérez decided to expel Rasmussen but at the request of the VAR he changed his decision and he was only reprimanded. At 41 minutes, Tarragona had a chance to equalize following a good pass from Piris, but the left-footed shot went just wide. The local went with everything for the tie but in a new one once morest Paradela it overflowed from the left and Mainero entered the race to finish off strong, put in the third and settle the lawsuit.
Gymnastics might not take advantage of the emotional momentum that the victories in a row had generated once morest the bottom teams Talleres de Córdoba and Atlético Tucumán and were left with 12 units, five from Unión de Santa Fe, the last cast to keep a ticket to the next round of the tournament, but will have to play once morest Racing as a visitor. Sarmiento, meanwhile, had just beaten San Lorenzo to cut the streak of three games without a win (one draw and two losses). With these three units, they add 17 points, to reach the line of Tatengue and Defense and Justice, which for the moment access the next round due to better goal difference.
In the professional era, both casts faced each other five times in the First Division, with two wins for those from La Plata, two wins for those from Junín and a draw.
Formations:
Gym: Rodrigo King; Guillermo Enrique, Leonardo Morales, Oscar Paris and Marías Melluso; Tomás Muro, Agustín Cardozo, Brahian Alemán and Ramón Sosa; Franco Soldano and Cristian Tarragona. DT: Nestor Gorosito.
Sarmiento: Jose Ayala; Jean Rosso, Gastón Sauro, Federico Andueza and Federico Rasmusen; Jair Arismendi, Emiliano Méndez, Gervasio Nuñez and Julian Brea; Luciano Gondou and Javier Toledo. DT: Israel Damonte.
Estadio: Juan Carmelo Zerillo.
Referee: Yael Falcon Perez.
Television: TNT Sports.
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With information from Telam.
