by This time, Instituto got the final shot. Adrián Martínez’s right hand, strong, crossed, unassailable for Ignacio Chicco, unleashed delirium in Alta Córdoba when the time added by Luis Lobo Medina, the very discreet referee of the tense game that ‘la Gloria’ starred in last night against Colón, was running out. the 16th date of the Professional League Tournament.
A little while before, a grandfather who was standing in the audience had celebrated the corner in favor of Albirrojo with striking fervor, before bending down and saying something in the ear of the kid who was biting his nails next to him. The man seemed to be overly optimistic, although his reaction might only be to cling to the last hope that remained to break the resistance of Sabalera.
Just a few seconds later, those who took time to execute the corner kick, the imperfect rejection, the ‘second ball’ sent to the area, Alarcón’s chest touch and ‘Maravilla”s whipping, the grandfather, the kid and all the others were melted into an embrace as longed for as it was necessary.
More than madness, there was relief. The anguishing victory against the timorous team of ‘Pipo’ Gorosito, allowed Albirrojo to break a streak of four games without victories, make a good leap in the average table and remain three points from the qualifying zone for the Copa Sudamericana .
This story is as crazy as it is long, which in its previous chapter had placed Lucas Bovaglio at the center of self-questioning and foreign questions. “The results are not with us, and this is about results,” he declared that there was the DT, who knew that his cycle could be interrupted if a new setback occurred.
Never back down
‘Maravilla’ Martínez was also the protagonist at the other end of the game. His header, from pique to the ground after a cross from Franco Watson, was the first call for attention for Colón. Planted with its three defenders in the zone, the Santa Fe cast proposed spaces that the Institute tried to take advantage of with an armed midfield to try to play.
The Watson thing went from major to minor, and ended up fading into insignificance. Gastón Lodico tried with more continuity, although he divided himself between hits and misses. And the rises of the sides, timid, announced, without depth, became more and more infrequent.
‘La Gloria’ did not have clarity, but it did have possibilities. His intention to always look for the opposite goal was added to the timid attitude of an adversary who was unable to progress offensively, with his five midfielders screwed on as if it were a table football and with little supply for a ‘Wanchope’ Ábila who was showing the loneliness and the discomfort of playing against his former team.
GOOD OPPORTUNITY. Santiago Rodríguez entered in the second half and provided mobility to the white-and-red offense. The goalkeeper Chicco took a shot that was destined for a goal. /// PHOTO: INSTITUTE PRESS
The advance of Gabriel Graciani on the right was interesting, so that the Institute played ‘hand in hand’ against the three red and black defenders, but the ‘8’ was not on a good night. When the locals formed a partnership and some precision from three quarters of the field forward, two other unbeatable situations arrived: one by Axel Rodríguez that Chicco avoided and another that the goalkeeper took from Lodico and then Axel stamped on the crossbar.
Never surrender
In the plugin, Colón will try to take possession of the ball and add more people in offense. In just six minutes he earned two corner kicks and for the first time seriously demanded the red-and-white goalkeeper Jorge Carranza.
The first passages of the second half seemed to insinuate that ‘la Gloria’ would play it waiting on their ground and betting on the counterattack, but no. Hello good. He adjusted the reins at midfield, gave her a Free pass Sebastián Corda to project himself on the left and try to widen the attack, so that Colón would widen his defense. It went more or less well, although Carranza had to push himself again before a bad defensive movement that left an unexpected one-on-one.
Bovaglio’s tweaks, and also those of Gorosito, decidedly put the game in the visiting field. The income of Santiago Rodríguez, Braian Cuello and Nicolás Barrientos gave Albirrojo more mobility, which began to worry the Sabalera defense more and more.
Santiago Rodríguez could have been the hero of the night, but Chicco drowned out his celebration when the match began to go through its last quarter of an hour. After a while it was Alarcón who had a clear chance, when the clock was missing a couple of laps and the ‘yapa’ that dictated the addition.
At that point in the voyage, Columbus had already discovered that the tie was not so bad. But the Institute did not give up and in the last attempt it exchanged the mirror for gold. Deserved. For all Alta Córdoba, a ‘Wonder’.
Summary of the party
Institute (1): Jorge Carranza; Juan Franco, Leonel Mosevich, Fernando Alarcón and Sebastián Corda; Gabriel Graciani, Nicolás Linares, Franco Watson and Gastón Lodico; Axel Rodriguez and Adrian Martinez. DT: Lucas Bovaglio.
Colon (0): Ignacio Chicco; Facundo Garcés, Paolo Goltz and Rafael Delgado; Eric Meza, Baldomero Perlaza, Carlos Arrúa, Juan Álvarez and Cristian Vega; Santiago Pierotti and Ramón Ábila. DT: Nestor Gorosito.
gold: ST, 48m Martinez (I).
Changes: ST, 14m Leonel Picco for Vega (C) and Andrew Teuten for Arrúa (C); 20m Santiago Rodríguez by Axel Rodríguez (I); 25m Nicolás Barrientos for Watson (I) and Braian Cuello for Graciani (I); 34m Lucas Acevedo for Delgado (C) and Natanael Troncoso for Pierotti (C); 36m Ezequiel Parnisari for Franco (I).
Admonished: Axel Rodríguez (I); Garces and Vega (C).
Basketball court: Institute. Referee: Luis Lobo Medina.
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