The most important part of the procedure in the first stage came in additional time, when a VAR intervention led to the call for review for the new referee César Rolón, who decided to expel Nery Bareiro with a direct red card. Thus, Tacuary was left with 10 players.
Despite the disadvantage of men on the field, those led by Iván Almeida found the advantage on the scoreboard thanks to Jorge Ortega, who converted the 1-0 penalty at 56′.
In the 84th minute, judge Rolón showed Hugo Iván Valdez a direct red card. With this, the cast of the Jara neighborhood was left with only 9 players.
The Chacarita squad went looking with more drive than football, and at 90 they achieved equality thanks to Juan Recalde: the defender appeared inside the rival area and finished off against Carlos Servín’s net, sealing the final 1-1.
With this result, Tacuary extended the games in a row without falls to three, now adding 8 points.
Resistencia cut the streak of two consecutive falls and reached 6 units, although they have accumulated five games without being able to win.
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