Patronage of Paraná, which suffered relegation to the First National a couple of weeks ago, made history this Sunday by winning its first national title by becoming champion of the Argentine Cup, by beating Talleres de Córdoba, 1 to 0, with a carom goal , in a match played before more than 35,000 people at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza.
The goal of the new champion was scored by the admitted Tiago Banega, 30 minutes into the complement.
In this way, the Entre Ríos team has the pass to play the next Copa Libertadores, and will be, like Tigre in 2020, the second team to play the international competition being in the second national category, in addition to playing in January in Abu Dhabi against Boca Juniors for the Super Cup.
For Talleres, the defeat means the second final loss in the competition in a row, after the fall he suffered against Boca in Santiago del Estero in December last year, when Sebastián Battaglia’s cast was consecrated.
In the cool Mendoza night, fast from the start, Javier Gandolfi’s team stopped to play in the rival field and have the initiative, and thus had their first chance in the third minute when Diego Valoyes shot wide after a great collective play.
Then they had Gonzalo Álvez, who met with a good response from Facundo Altamirano’s goalkeeper, and Michael Santos, who was imprecise in the definition, in a game that continued with a clear dominance of the ‘T’.
Facundo Sava’s men sought to contain the rival attacks, but they lost the ball very quickly every time they tried, due in large part to the intense branding proposed by the Córdoba cast.
Only after half an hour of play did the team from Entre Ríos find their first chance, when after a somewhat sloppy play and with several rebounds, goalkeeper Alan Aguerre had to make an effort to contain Sebastián Medina’s shipment, which was destined for the net.
That was the only one from the Board of Trustees in that initial stage and the reaction did not last, since Nicolás Castro and Medina did not appear at the helm, and Marcelo Estigarribia was very alone at the top.
The dominance of the ‘T’ was no longer so noticeable in the supplement, although the offensive power with Santos and Valoyes did not give respite to the rival defense, who stopped the forwards with fouls and were filled with warnings.
That is why Sava began to look for solutions on the substitute bench, he did not take long to make changes, but his team continued to be confused.
Halfway through the second half, Patronato was able to settle down and begin to raise doubts in the ‘albiazules’, who no longer showed the intensity of the first half and the game began to bother him, since the balls came more clearly to Estigarribia in the attack.
The development went back and forth and that is how the Paranaenses found themselves with the opening of the scoreboard, at the end of the title, with a goal from Banega, who covered a clearance by Gastón Benavídez and the ball slipped past Aguerre, who was left halfway and suffered the fall of his fence.
Santos had to tie it, who tried a Chilean in the rival area and sent the ball just wide of Altamirano’s left post, and Patronato could also increase, but Rafa Pérez took a header from Carlos Quintana over the line.
The ‘Patrón’ closed well in the background and clung to a title, which he also built with two triumphs in definition by penalties against River and Boca in previous instances.
The more than 8,000 supporters of Paraná who arrived at the Malvinas Argentinas enjoyed and celebrated from the southern header, while the ‘albiazules’, who took over the rest of the stadium, left slowly and resigned to a new lost final, although encouraging their players for delivery.
