Independiente defeated Atlético Tucumán 1-0 in a match played tonight in Jujuy and advanced to the round of 16 of the Copa Argentina, an instance in which they will meet Vélez-
The goal was scored by Ecuadorian midfielder Juan Cazares 34 minutes into the second half with a straight shot that hit the left post of the goal defended by Bolivian goalkeeper Carlos Lampeafter entering that complementary stage.
At 13 minutes into the complement, the match referee Fernando Echenique expelled the Tucuman team defender Nicolás Thaller for a double warning, after a strong foul on Lucas González.
The team led by Eduardo Domínguez took advantage of that expulsion to get ahead on the field of play and from there look more clearly to open the scoringafter a balanced and fought first half but with both willing to look for the opposite goal almost from the beginning of the game.
Independiente had more of the ball in the first half, they tried from below and from the sides, but they lacked efficiency and this was a problem that the coach tried to solve with some changes that he introduced in the second half and that gave him more circulation and play.
Atlético Tucumán had a clear chance in the initial stage, when at 33 minutes the midfielder Ramiro Ruíz Rodríguez entered the area with the ball and his shot against a post found a good response from goalkeeper Sebastián Sosa, who in the second half was going to Be decisive to maintain your team’s advantage.
It is that 33 minutes into the complement the Uruguayan Sosa also beat him again in the heads-up against the Tucuman midfielder, and after that action it was that the counterattack came and the goal that gave the victory to the Avellaneda team.
A series of rebounds was used by Juan Cazares, who took a strong shot that beat Lampe after bouncing off the left post, after the goalkeeper had thus far disrupted some attempts by Independiente.
This time Sosa came out of the goal unscathed for his safety and won the applause of the thousands of “red” fans who took over a large part of the 23 de Agosto stadium and lowered a special applause for his former technical director who is best remembered for that historic header to Boca that gave the Avellaneda team a local title: Lucas Pusineri.
Likewise, beyond the defeat, from the Atlético Tucumán gallery full of fans, the recognition and applause for their players who sought a tie until the end, which could not be, fell.
At the end of the match, the Independiente players demanded the arrival of reinforcements before the television cameras and even goalkeeper Sosa asked for “the continuity of Gerónimo Poblete”, the midfielder who is in Lanús’ sights and whose contract expires next Thursday. 30 after arriving three months ago from the Ukraine. Vélez also wants the return of today’s “red” captain, Lucas Romero.
