A tie with a little taste

Although the game did not go badly, the draw disappointed expectations. Emboldened by River’s defeat against Barracas Central, Talleres fans arrived last night at Kempes with the hope of witnessing a victory and then seeing themselves closer to the Millionaire in the standings. It didn’t happen.

If Pizzini’s shot, if the ball hit the crossbar, if Santos scored that PlayStation goal… The sequences came together like puzzle pieces in the collective lament of the return procession. By way of consolation, some also reviewed the five saves by Guido Herrera and a shot off the crossbar, scored to Godoy Cruz’s credit.

The 1-1 ended up distributing prizes and punishments in a game that, although it was dynamic, unpredictable and even entertaining at times, was far from the ‘great game’ that the vast majority foretold.

It was difficult for the ‘T’ to adjust to a match in which the opponent took the initiative and posed the first problem by filling half the field with legs, a sector that Javier Gandolfi’s cast prefers to use as a free transit area, without Entertain yourself in the touching or wear yourself out in divided balls.

When the procedure was carried out at their convenience -Villagra’s poise, Garro’s driving, Sosa’s imbalance, Valoyes’ speed and Santos’ intuition-, the locals showed their best version and achieved the advantage with a play still ball that appeared at the bottom of Mendoza. Clearly they don’t have Michael guarding the tribute almost on the edge of the big box, from where he defined like the gods to leave ‘Ruso’ Rodríguez, the custodian of the Tomba goal, without a chance.

That passage of absolute dominance for Talleres and full impotence for Godoy Cruz would not last long. After a phenomenal stack that only lacked the final stitch, the Paraguayan Sosa should leave injured. This incident would mark a before and after.

Pizzini’s entry threw the albiazul team back, beyond Ortegoza’s good offensive intentions, and made the visit grow. Suddenly, Daniel Oldrá’s team began to find facilities between the position of the two Albiazules central defenders (Catalán and Palacios), and the ‘T’ goalkeeper had to exhibit, once again, his best repertoire to manage to sustain the advantage. It was clear that something had to be tweaked in the plugin to avoid hot flashes.

GOAL SCORER. Uruguayan Michael Santos scored his thirteenth goal in the tournament and beat Pablo Vegetti to the top of the scorer table. /// PHOTO: WORKSHOPS PRESS

party in two

Now without the chance of the change sung in recent times (the entry of Ecuadorian Alan Franco, who ended his contract and returned to Brazil), DT albiazul appealed to the income of Oliva and Alves to give freshness to the team. The move involved sacrificing Valoyes, who was conditioned by the friction that facilitated the astonishing permissiveness of referee Baliño.

The game continued to have more friction and nerves than anything else, although Talleres also had a little bit on offense (deep down, he continued to give many advantages) that made us excited about the chance to settle the lawsuit and secure those three points that are so necessary to continue in the race. . It didn’t happen either.

Godoy Cruz, who had decided to attack from the sides and bet on the associated game, found equality in a good collective action to which Tadeo Allende put the final touch. The entry of Nahuel Bustos, with equality restored and a few minutes ahead, was a last resort that would not end up giving results.

Without form or ideas, Talleres sought the homeland and exposed himself to the slap. Neither one thing nor the other. In the balance of what they did and couldn’t do, the 1-1 wasn’t so bad. One left chewing anger, and another savoring conformity. Some celebrations were heard in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Núñez.

CAPTAIN AND FIGURE. Guido Herrera had five memorable interventions. As is customary, the albiazul goalkeeper responds when required. /// PHOTO: WORKSHOPS PRESS

Summary of the party

Workshops (1): Guido Herrera; Gastón Benavídez, Matías Catalán, Tomás Palacios and Juan Portillo; Rodrigo Villagra and Diego Ortega; Diego Valoyes, Rodrigo Garro and Ramón Sosa; Miguel Santos. DT: Javier Gandolfi.

Godoy Cruz (1): Diego Rodriguez; Lucas Arce, Pier Barrios, Federico Rasmussen and Thomas Galdames; Gonzalo Abrego, Bruno Leyes, Tadeo Allende and Hernán López; Roberto Fernandez and Salomón Rodríguez. DT: Daniel Oldrá.

Goals: PT, 13m Saints (T). ST, 38m Allende (GC).

Changes: PT, 16m Francisco Pizzini for Sosa (T). ST, 11m Christian Oliva for Ortegoza (T) and Maximiliano Alvez for Valoyes (T); 15m Tomás Conechny by Laws (GC); 27m Matías Ramírez for Rodríguez (GC); 39m Favio Álvarez for Garro (T) and Nahuel Bustos for Villagra (T); 42m Cristian Núñez by Abrego (GC).

Admonished: Valoyes (T); Laws, Galdames and Núñez (GC).

Basketball court: Kempes Stadium. Referee: Jorge Balino.