Chaco For Ever, from the First National, gave another surprise by eliminating Sarmiento, from Junín, by penalties 6 to 5, in a match corresponding to the 32nd round. of the final of the Argentine Cup that was played on the Colón stadium, in Santa Fe.
The hero of the day for the Chacos, who played with substitutes, was their goalkeeper, Luciano Silva from Mendoza -who passed through Gutiérrez, Huracán Las Heras and Gimnasio y Tiro- who saved Lucas Melano’s shot, in shots from the point of the penalty, after the draw 0-0 in the regular 90 minutes.
For this match, Sarmiento’s coach, Israel Damonte, arranged for four of the usual starters to participate, while the young coach (37 years old) Pablo Martel planted a fully substitute Chaco For Ever, waiting for the match against Chacarita this weekend. for the First National, key after the last two consecutive defeats.
The high temperature prevailing in the city of Santa Fe was a determining factor throughout the match and with this argument the Chacos tried to slow down the development, flatten it and slow it down, while the recipe for those led by Damonte was to bet on the centers and Hits for Luciano Gondou and Javier Toledo, so that both opened spaces and marked the differences up front.
But the Chaqueños matched the actions and the goalkeepers José Devecchi and Luciano Silva had to intervene in several actions to ward off problems.
With the passage of time, the plan drawn up by Martel was the one that prevailed, since he managed to move the forwards of the “Green” away from his goal, blocked the game in midfield and managed to make Devecchi work.
For the second half, Damonte moved the substitute bench to have more play in the midfield with the entry of Sergio Quiroga. And it was only in the tenth minute of the second half that Sarmiento had his clearest action when defenders from Chaco first prevented Quiroga and then Nicolás Femia from opening the scoring.
As the minutes passed, Damonte ordered the entry of the most experienced, such as Lisandro López, Alejandro Donatti and Lucas Melano, to try to close the round pass in 90 minutes.
And the last minutes were a carbon copy of the first half, with a frustrated Sarmiento at not being able to reach goalkeeper Silva, while Chaco For Ever defended and sought to unbalance their isolated forwards with long balls.
The arrival of the shots from the penalty spot was inexorable and there Silva from Mendoza dressed as a hero to save Melano’s penalty and later his teammate Mateo Maccari converted the sixth in favor of the Chacos.
