Arsenal reaped its first victory in zone B of the LPF Cup, beating Huracán this Saturday at home, 2-1in the game that launched the third date of the contest.
Huracán opened the scoring 19 minutes into the first half with a headed goal by Jonás Acevedo after a cross from Franco Cristaldo. Sebastián Lomónaco tied it with a penalty kick at 48 minutes and Alexander Díaz, assisted by Facundo Kruspzky, equalized at 32 minutes into the second half. , sealed victory for Arsenal.
in the first partthe team led by Leonardo Madelón took the initiative of the game and began to pressure the rival from the sides but lacked depth, instead Huracán waited for the attacks to then come out on the counterattack.
The “Globo” tried to arrive from outside the area and little by little the match began to level, so at 19m Acevedo opened the scoring with a header (his second goal with the Huracán jersey).
After the surprise of the visiting goal, Arsenal tried to equalize by taking advantage of dead ball situations. Thus, at 41m he was close when Lucas Brochero, from outside the area, finished with his left foot and the ball passed near the base of the right post of the goal defended by Marcos Díaz.
AND at 48m Sebastián Lomónaco took charge of a penalty who suffered himself and scored, finally, the tie.
In the second part Arsenal came out determined to win the game and bet on the shots of Lucas Brochero and the admitted Alexander Díaz to disturb the visit, which responded with plays by Cristaldo and Cóccaro.
The locals had six shots on goal and added merits until at 32m Alexander Díaz scored his first goal with the light blue and red jersey, assisted by Facundo Kruspzky, for Arsenal to celebrate its first victory in the tournament.
The key to local victory were the changes introduced by Leonardo Madelón in the second half, especially the entry of Alexander Díaz, who gave precision to his attack.
In the previous dates those from Sarandí had tied with Rosario Central (1 to 1) and lost with Independiente (1 to 0); Hurricane, for its part, had a good debut against Lanús (1-0, at home) and then failed against Estudiantes (3-2), away.
On the next date, the fourthArsenal will visit Estudiantes de La Plata on Sunday 27 at 5:00 p.m. and Huracán will host Vélez Sarsfield at its stadium on Thursday 24 at 9:30 p.m.
