Like ten years ago, Excursionistas struck and once again eliminated Gimnasia from the Argentine Cup on penalties

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The First C team left Lobo on the road in the penalty shootout

hikers hit the Argentine Cup by eliminating in the penalty shootout Gymnastics and Fencing La Plata after finishing tied 1-1 in regular time. The team that plays in the First C ended up winning it 6-5 in the definition from 11 meters and qualified for the round of 32.

He Lobo opened the scoring thanks to a goal from Alan Lescano 9 minutes into the second half and could have extended the lead on several occasions. However, the Bajo Belgrano team, which played the entire second half with one less due to the expulsion of Francis opensachieved equality after a header from Leonel Barrios at 30 and forced penalties.

In the exciting definition, Julian Bembo ended up marking the decisive penalty that gave the historic victory to the Villero. They had previously scored for the winner Leonel Barrios, Franco González, Ian Puleio, Facundo Ferraro and Juan Manuel Piedra. While goalkeeper Nahuel Cajal held off Nicolás Contin’s shot.

Gymnastics presented a lineup with many youth players and was the team with the best options to win. But those of Roll Romero could not define in the opposing goal and had to suffer on penalties, despite having the initial advantage due to the save by Thomas Durso in Matías Billordo’s first auction.

Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata is measured against Excursionistas in the 32nd final of the Argentine Cup
Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata is measured against Excursionistas in the 32nd final of the Argentine Cup

The Professional League team ended up missing three shots: Contin was saved and both Erik Ramírez and Benjamín Domínguez deflected their shots. This is the second bump in the 2023 edition of the Argentine Cup, since previously Spanish Centerof the First D, had eliminated Tigre Also in penalties.

The curious thing about this crossing is that it was played again after a decade and the same result was repeated. That March 6, 2013in the stadium February 3rd from the Almagro club, Excursion also eliminated the Lobo on penalties (3-2) after a goalless draw in 90 minutes. In the memory was the celebration of Loco René Houseman with the players on the playing field.

In this way, Excursionistas will seek to continue making history in the competition against the winner of the crossing that they will star in Santa Fe Union y almagro next March 8.

Excursionistas eliminated Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata in the Argentine Cup (Press Excursionistas)
Excursionistas eliminated Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata in the Argentine Cup (Press Excursionistas)

formations

Gym: Thomas Durso; Guillermo Enrique, Leonardo Morales, Felipe Sánchez and Matías Melluso; Ignacio Miramón and Agustín Bolívar; Alexis Steinbach, Eric Ramirez and Alan Sosa; Christian Tarragona. DT Sebastian Romero.

hikers: Lautaro Benegas, Julian Bembo, Francisco Abre, Nicolas Herrera, Matthias Billordo, Leonel Barrios, Franco Quiroz, Marcelo Vega, Luca Zarate, Claudio Galeano and Gianfranco Ottaviani. DT Sebastian Rudman.

Referee: Fernando Espinoza

Estadio: Norberto Tomaghello

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