El Lobo tied 1-1 in Saint Petersburg with a goal from Agustín Auzmendi and showed a better version in the second half of the preseason.
Gimnasia added a valuable draw 1-1 against Zenit in his first preseason friendly in Russia. The team of Ariel Pereyra He went from lowest to highest, he reacted after starting at a disadvantage and ended up leaving a better feeling than his rival, even with concrete chances to win.
Sobolev opened the scoring and Auzmendi responded
The match started evenly, with few dangerous situations and a lot of study between both teams. However, around 20 minutes into the first half, Alexander Sobolev took advantage of one of the first opportunities for the Russian team to put the 1-0.
El Lobo responded as the minutes passed and began to gain prominence in attack. This improvement was rewarded by the 40 minuteswhen Agustín Auzmendi He defined a cross to establish the tie before the break.
Gymnastics formed with Insfran; B. Barros Schelotto, Conti, Martínez, Silva Torrejón; Seoane, Miramón, Fernández, Pérez; Auzmendi, M. Torres.
During the second half, Pereyra arranged a wide rotation of the squad, with the entry of Pablo Aguiar, Maximiliano Zalazar, Manuel Panaro, Gonzalo Errecalde, Nicolás Barros Schelotto, Matías Melluso, Franco Torres, Augusto Maxamong others.
The Wolf deserved more in the complement
In the second half, Gimnasia showed its best version. With greater intensity and volume of play, he dominated several passages of the match and generated the clearest situations.
The clearest opportunity was at the feet of Maximiliano Zalazarwho was very close to scoring the second goal, but his shot went close to the post.
Finally, the tie left good conclusions for the coaching staff, who saw a competitive team against an international rival in the first match of the tour of Russia. The Wolf’s next challenge will be against Dynamo Majachkalain the second and last friendly of the preseason.
