It is the mountain of happiness, of illusion, of the reward for believing until the end. It is a mountain of Talleres players that includes their coach Alexander Medina, the Cacique. That albiazul mountain suddenly assembles in one corner of the field. There is an immense reason: the celebration of the goal that Bruno Barticciotto has just scored…
With that goal, Workshops won 1-0 Gym in La Plata and reached the line of the leader Vélez with one day left before the closing of the Argentine league. Yes, two leaders with 48 points. Yes, a crazy ending is coming. Unexpected until a few weeks ago. And there could be a third party: Hurricane.
El Globo will also arrive with hopes of being champion if it beats Platense today, because this would add 46 points. On top of that, on the next day Huracán will meet Vélez, who on the one hand will have the advantage of their better goal difference (it will weigh in case of equality in points), but who on the other hand will arrive worn out by the Argentine Cup final that will star the Wednesday against Central Córdoba.
Talleres built his mountain of joy in La Plata in the last quarter of an hour, with a nice counterattack. Federico Girotti opened it to the left, Blas Riveros waited and touched just for the projection of Miguel Navarro, who put in the center-assist for Barticciotto’s scoring touch.
Thus Talleres won a very close match and not only qualified for the Libertadores. This is how he fueled his dream of becoming a champion because he took advantage of Vélez’s fall on Saturday (0-1 against Unión). Those from Liniers seemed to be heading towards the title calmly because they had gained a great advantage in the first two thirds of the championship, but in the last nine days they only won two games and gave life to their irregular pursuers, among them the Cordoba team.
River and Gallardo breathe
Beyond the fight for the title, River secured qualification to play in the Libertadores and erased the whistles from the last game against San Lorenzo. The millionaires beat Rosario Central 4-0. Pablo Solari scored the first with a cross shot and everyone went to hug Marcelo Gallardo, who in the last hours suffered the death of his father. Then, Miguel Borja, Solari again and Pity Martínez (penalty) rounded out the result.
Then, in Rosario, it was Boca’s turn, which beat Newell’s 1-0 with a goal from Kevin Zenón after a delicious assist from Exequiel Zeballos. The Xeneizes justified the victory, with moments of good play and without making mistakes at the back, and were one step away from qualifying for the Libertadores, that competition that they did not play this year.
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Next weekend the Argentine league will close. There will be a champion yes or yes because, in case of equality in points, it will be defined by goal difference. The only one who depends on himself is Vélez: (48 points and +20 goal difference), who will receive Huracán (if he beats Platense he will reach 46; today he has +11 goal difference). While Talleres (48 and +9) will be home against Newell’s. Let’s wait for that crazy ending.
