El Lobo lost 2-1 in Avellaneda at the start of the Clausura Tournament. He missed a penalty, suffered an injury to Marcelo Torres and claimed two key errors from Nicolás Ramírez and the VAR.
Gym began the Closing Tournament with a defeat by 2-1 against Racing in the Cilindro de Avellaneda, in a match in which his own mistakes, the injury of Marcelo Torres and a highly questioned arbitration ended up conditioning the result.
The team of Ariel Pereyra They started at a disadvantage after a bad start from the back that the Academy took advantage of to open the scoring. However, Tripero reacted quickly and found the tie thanks to Bautista Barros Schelottowho captured a rebound Facundo Cambeses after an auction of Pedro Silva Torrejón.
With the clean and jerk of the tie, Gym He had his best minutes of the match. He controlled the ball, found spaces with Ignacio Fernandez e Ignacio Miramon and had an unbeatable opportunity to turn the result around when Nicolás Ramírez awarded a penalty for a handball inside the area.
Wrong penalty, injury and a mistake that generated anger
Marcelo Torres He took charge of the execution, but Cambeses guessed the intention and held back the shot. In that same play, the Albiazul striker suffered an injury that forced him to leave the field of play.
The action unleashed the first major controversy of the night. The images showed that the Racing goalkeeper stepped forward before the shot and that there was also an invasion of players into the area, although neither the referee Nicolas Ramirez in Hector PalettaFrom the VAR, they ordered the execution to be repeated.
Racing took advantage of another inattention
In the second half, the home team took advantage again after a corner. A cross into the area found doubts between Nelson Insfran and the defense of Gimnasia, a situation that took advantage Nazarene Columbus to score the final 2-1 with a header.
El Lobo tried to react, but was again faced with an arbitration decision that aroused strong complaints.
The penalty on Auzmendi that no one took
Regarding the closing of the meeting, Agustín Auzmendi He fell inside the area after a contact that all of Gimnasia claimed as a penalty. Ramírez let the game continue and, despite protests, the VAR did not intervene to review the action.
The two controversial plays fueled discomfort in the La Plata team, which considers having been harmed in a match where the referee’s decisions could have changed the result.
Beyond the claims, Gym It also revealed several aspects to be corrected for what is to come. The team showed moments of good play, but once again paid dearly for their defensive errors and lack of efficiency in the areas. Now he will look to recover next Wednesday, when he receives River in the Forest for the second date of the Closing Tournament.
