The agonizing tie for Independiente was due to Mauricio Isla, but a great person responsible for it was undoubtedly Ignacio Maestro Puch, who assisted the Chilean with a header despite the fact that he was injured in one of his calves. In fact, he was being treated by Rojo’s doctors and the man from Tucumán asked to return to the field for the corner play that ended in the final 1-1 goal.
“I wanted to score the ball and my calf cramped. There was no way he was going to loosen up. When he eased up, the doctors didn’t want me to go back in and I told them that he was going to go in anyway. The truth is that I couldn’t step well. “I’m happy for at least being able to tie and for having helped the team by being part of the play,” said Maestro Puch with consummated equality, which is not so useful for an Independiente that needed the three points to dream of qualifying for the playoffs. of the League Cup.
Destiny seemed to be set in the match for this attacker against his former club. Maestro Puch was down for a few minutes after a dangerous situation. He was in the six-yard box and the local team was in a hurry since he needed to at least tie. In fact, captain Iván Marcone came to urge him and the doctors to continue treating him outside so the game could resume: “Get up and go out, give it“, Marcone was heard who even dragged him to the side of the goal.
Maestro Puch was very sore, but Tevez had exhausted the changes and decided to enter anyway. In the corner of Gabriel Neves he put the header so that Isla pushed her to equalityalso upside down.
“We continue in the race. There are two finals left and we have to win them. You have to fight until the end. The idea was to add three by three but it was not possible. This club demands and we must give it what it deserves. We have a long week and we have to take full advantage of it to add three against Banfield and then think about Workshops that will be here at home,” analyzed the man from Tucumán who had to be there since the start yesterday.
It had to happen. He endured the pain, decided to return to the field and was rewarded.