Universitario brought out the regenerated chip which was improved with the introduction of George Fossati. Winning was always the order of the day, and although they had done it after 39 minutes, the Cremes dreamed of an even happier ending in the final moments of the game. On the final day of Group G of the Copa Sudamericana, the “U” defeated Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 1-0 to finish second in their group, with which they contest the play-offs for the round of 16 of the tournament
The reality of gym It was different, they had to win by two differences and wait for Santa Fe to fall. The Argentina team started the game better and barely managed to score after a minute, but the goal was disallowed due to a previous handball. After 3 minutes, Cristian Tarragona had a chance with a header, but it went over the goal. In the 5th minute, another goal was disallowed for the guest, this time due to an advanced position.
After those frightening first minutes, Fossati’s men finally managed to get a better footing on the field and things were clearer after an Andy Polo overflow down the right flank, but Emanuel Herrera failed to define himself well and the ball went to the side.
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Booster. Herrera came on in the second half of the game. Photo: Luis Jiménez/La Republica
At that time the experienced one who never perishes appeared. The 39 minutes were up when Quispe fired the shot from the edge of the penalty area, the ball was deflected and went into goal to make it 1-0.
in the second half, Matias di Benedetto He headed on goal, Alex Valera slotted the ball in and scored, but the striker was in an advanced position, so the score didn’t happen. The “U” was better and while they didn’t have many chances to score, they didn’t have any problems either. Gymnastics, on the other hand, became more complicated when Ignacio Miramón saw a second yellow card in the 70th minute and left his team of ten.
In stoppage time, Horacio Calcaterra was close to widening the difference but the Gimnasia goalkeeper responded well. Towards the end, Franco Torres saw the red card after a play which the referee checked in VAR. Universitario were left with the win and are now waiting to meet their South American play-off rival who will finish third in the Copa Libertadores.
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Did you know…
Shameful. After Universitario moved to the South American play-offs, the top players ended up defeating the Gimnasia players, who were also certainly attacking each other. The fight continued on the way to the dressing room. No doubt there will be a penalty.