Racing tied 1-1 with San Lorenzo in the New Gasometer and thus secured the first position in Zone 1 of the League Cup, in a match corresponding to date 14 and last day of the regular stage. But the note of the day was given Agustín Martegani. The youth of the Ciclón, who was the great bet of Pedro Troglio, exDT of the team, scored a great goal with a left foot from 32 meters (and traveling at a speed of 111 km per hour) that got into the upper left corner of Gastón Gómez, the goalkeeper of the Academy.
“Thank God I was able to kick for the tie, but we leave with a bitter taste for the tie. We deserved more we play better We had chances, especially the first half. And their goalkeeper was one of the figures, he took out almost everything, “said Martegani after the game in statements to TNT Sports. And he added: “We needed to win, to be protagonists. These last few games we showed a different image and we stick with that”.
“It was a great goal from another game”, praised Correa, author of Racing’s 1-0, later. It is that the lefty achieved something very difficult: beat Chila Gómez, who had been stopping everything in Gago’s team. The goal was 26 minutes into the second half. He even held the tie with key saves before Avellaneda’s light blue and white half got ahead.
Fernando Berón, the interim coach of San Lorenzo after the resignation of Pedro Troglio, played it with a formation with many boys from the club. A line of 5 defenders and the search to counterattack at high speed. A defensive error by Jalil Elías led to Correa’s advance and goal in the first half, but Martegani added justice to the score in the second half.
San Lorenzo started better, taking advantage of the decoupling of the alternative formation presented by Gago, who -although there is more than a week to go- chose to take care of the usual starters for the definition of the initial phase of the Copa Sudamericana. In this context, the local had some dangerous approaches: at 3m Uvita Fernández tried from medium distance and the shot went just wide; and at 28 minutes Chila Gómez responded well twice against Martegani after a great pass from Silva.
Martegani had just converted a goal against Newell’s, in Rosario; also left-footed, although closer to the goal, taking advantage of a rebound saved by Ditta on the line, but San Lorenzo continued the action and ended up celebrating against La Lepra. Martegani is a mixed midfielder with deployment and a very good punch. It was the great youth appearance in the Cyclone in recent months. In the midst of a gray tournament and with the institutional crisis that led to the resignation of President Marcelo Tinelli, At least Barça fans have a name to get excited about the future from football: Martegani.
