Belgrano was against the ropes and even from the audience some were already calling for Guillermo Farré’s head after that negative start. But in a couple of minutes he turned it around, took advantage of the gifts of Sarmiento’s defense and ended up celebrating his first victory in this League Cup. They were beaten 4-1 in Córdoba and now wait for Talleres. The Junín team still has not won and has accumulated its fourth defeat in a row.
The climate had become tense in Barrio Alberdi. Sarmiento dominated, Nahuel Losada had already covered a one-on-one and a while later the visiting goal came when Facundo Ferreyra headed it down for Sergio Quiroga’s left-footed shot. The murmurs grew, but suddenly Belgrano reacted.
In a flash, the place changed the history of the night. Fernando Godoy mishandled a pass into the middle, Santiago Longo cut in and assisted Ulises Sánchez for the tie. Two minutes later, a free kick traveled to the far post by Fernando Monetti, who miscalculated at the start and was exposed to Juan Barinaga’s header.
Two errors by Sarmiento, two goals. But there are no two without three, they say. And so it was in that first half that he got out of hand with Sergio Rondina’s team.
Nahuel Losada took a long shot from his goal, Francisco González Metilli received it alone and sent a vertical pass. Juan Insaurralde rejected it badly to the side, Matías García intercepted it and gave it to Bryan Reyna. The Peruvian only had to push it into the empty goal because Monetti had gone far and badly.
Green’s nightmare continued into the second half. Although he tried to improve, Belgrano sealed everything with the fourth goal, from the entered Facundo Lencioni, with a header after capitalizing on a free kick from Ulises Sánchez.
El Pirata regained air just before the Córdoba classic.