Students beat Godoy Cruz this afternoon 2-0 in La Plata on the last date of the Professional League and achieved qualification for the 2023 South American Cup.
Emmanuel More in the initial period and Franco Zapiola in the complement they scored for Pincha, which now awaits the confirmation of a new coaching staff, which would be Abel Balbo, while in Tomba the Gómez-Orsi duo said goodbye.
Students finished tenth in the annual table with 61 points and 17th. in this tournament with 33, a position in which it can be surpassed by Talleres de Córdoba, Platense, Rosario Central and Sarmiento de Junín.
Godoy Cruz, meanwhile, was 15th. in the annual table, with 51 points, but it can be surpassed by Independiente, Central Córdoba and Banfield, and it ranks 13th, in this tournament, with 35, a location from which it can be displaced by Independiente, Central Córdoba, Barracas Central and Talleres .
The beginning of the first half showed two calm teams, without breaking lines, with few arrivals and alternating dominance, but after 20 minutes, Estudiantes took control of the development and accumulated merits to open the scoring.
First it came with two shots from Zapiola and Piñeiro that went high and at 31m. Espínola took a good shot from Castro.
Three minutes later the goalkeeper showed off again before a good shot from Godoy, who only came close with a shipment from outside the Allende area that Andújar resolved without problems.
The advantage reached 43m. in a play in which Zapiola and Boselli fought a ball, Canale could not reject and More than half a turn and from the right he put the 1 to 0.
In the complement, everything was from Estudiantes against a Godoy Cruz who never reacted. Changes followed one another and at 24 he settled the match with 2-0.
Díaz, having a good game, combined with Godoy who reached the bottom and threw a low cross that Zapiola pushed into the net at the far post.
The game no longer made sense and so the end came with Pincha who was able to increase and with the victory managed to secure qualification for the Copa Sudamericana.
