Racing won this Wednesday night 3-1 against San Martín de Formosa, in a match played at the Centenario de Chaco stadium and valid for the 32nd round. final of the Argentine Cup.
The opening of the marker was in charge of Oscar Chiquichano for the Formoseños, while for the “Academy” it was turned around by Oscar Opazo, Gabriel Rojas and the Peruvian Paolo Guerrero.
Before the minute of play, a lack of intelligence by goalkeeper Gabriel Arias in the small area, after pressure from Ariel Vega, allowed the team from Formosa to open the scoring with Chiquichano’s goal after Ledesma’s pass.
The goal of the Federal A tournament team did not bother the “Academy” who handled the ball calmly and little by little came closer to David Correa’s goal, although without precision.
The Formoseños had little contact with the ball, but every time they did they tried to be vertical to keep Arias alert.
At minute 26, Colombian Edwin Cardona tried a free-kick shot that was destined for the net, but goalkeeper Correa prevented his fence from falling with a spectacular fly.
Gago’s team continued searching, the ball circulated from one side to the other, but found a team from Formosa that stood firm in midfield and even more so in the defensive zone.
After so much looking for the rival goal, the Chilean Oscar Opazo took a powerful shot from the left sector of the large area that ended in a goal after the qualification of Jonathan Gómez and after several saves by the goalkeeper Correa, the figure of the first stage.
At the beginning of the second half, Racing returned to handling the ball patiently, but without being clear, without being able to be deep, so it did not know how to surprise its rival.
The Formoseños, with the tie, became strong again in defense, appealed to the counterattack, although without surprising Arias, with the clear objective of reaching the end with the chance to define the crossing from twelve steps.
With five minutes to go until the end of the match, the Chilean Oscar Opazo faced from the right sector, took a cross that goalkeeper Correa slapped, in his first mistake of the game, and which was left to Gabriel Rojas to define first and give him the advantage to your team.
When it seemed that the game ended 2-1 in favor of Racing, a free kick by Matias Rojas was deflected by goalkeeper Correa and the Peruvian Paolo Guerrero appeared on the rebound to score his first goal and seal the result.
In the 16th In the end, the “Academy” will face the winner of the clash between San Martín de Tucumán and Deportivo Morón.
Meanwhile this Wednesday its president, Víctor Blanco, clarified that “Emiliano Vecchio’s times are not those of the club”, in the middle of a negotiation for the renewal of the exCentral midfielder’s contract.
