Garro’s magic and Fernandez’s trick

Defense and Justice and Workshops did not disappoint expectations. They had to come across as pointer and escort of the tournament yesterday in Florencio Varela, and they starred in a round trip match, always intense and long passages very well played. The final 1-1, although fair, had a bittersweet taste for the cast of the Jardín neighborhood, since a non-existent penalty helped the ‘Halcón’ to repair the initial equality in the epilogue of the first half.

Barely four minutes were played when Rodrigo Garro gave them all the lead, with a deliciously executed free kick, which discovered an early difference and also marked the development of the match with fire.

That unexpected left-footed shot, a bucket of ice water at the start of the match, made the host’s usual offensive quest more accelerated, and also more lackluster. The Albiazul felt comfortable waiting, without giving up order, discussing the ball and the association, and trying to surprise with those deep passes that had Colombian Diego Valoyes as their favorite destination, and that bothered the locals so much.

DISTINCTION. The Defense and Justice leadership recognized Juan Gabriel Rodríguez and Francisco Pizzini, two Talleres players with a past at the club. /// PHOTO: DEFENSE AND JUSTICE PRESS

Forced to reverse history, Defense and Justice tried to monopolize the ball and the field of play, but Talleres defended the advantage with intelligence, without sheltering so far back, beyond the fact that Guido Herrera was a recurring name in the stories on the radio and the TV. The data ended up being an anecdote, since there were no worries in the domains of the albiazul captain. The host repeated himself with the centers of David Barbona and ended up making the defenders and also the cuidapalos shine on high.

The victory of the ‘T’ seemed to take no risks before the break, but ‘Uvita’ Fernández invented an offense when he threatened in the visitor’s area before Juan Rodríguez’s mark, and the referee Fernando Rapallini bought without haggling with the VAR. The embarrassment replaced the original equality.

A shot from Barbona off the crossbar and two huge saves from Herrera made it clear that the process was not the same in the second half. Defensa y Justicia searched for more and better, and Talleres no longer had as much contention in the middle or ease in the opposite field. Despite the fact that this time there were hot flashes, the tie ended up looking good for the game. If it weren’t for Rapallini, maybe the harvest would have been better. Who knows.

Summary of the party

Defense and Justice (1): Luis Unsain; Agustín SantAnna, Nazareno Colombo, Tomás Cardona and Alexis Soto; Kevin Gutierrez; David Barbona, Tomás Escalante, Rodrigo Bonarín and Santiago Solari; Nicholas Fernandez. DT: Julio Vaccari.

Workshops (1): Guido Herrera; Gastón Benavídez, Matías Catalán, Juan Rodríguez and Julio Buffarini; Rodrigo Villagra and Alan Franco; Diego Valoyes, Rodrigo Garro and Francisco Pizzini; Miguel Santos. DT: Javier Gandolfi.

Goals: PT, 4m Garro (T) and 51m Fernández (D&J), penalty.

Changes: ST, 17m Edwin Mosquera for Bogarín (DyJ) and Ángel Benítez for Escalante (DyJ); 25m Luis Sequeira by Garro (T); 38m José Romero for Santos (T) and Diego Barrera for Pizzini (T); 40m Santiago Ramos Mingo for Cardona (D&J) and Gonzalo Castellani for Solari (D&J); .

Admonished: Escalante, Cardona, Escalante (D&J); Villagra and Rodriguez (T).

Basketball court: Defense and Justice. Referee: Fernando Rapallini.