When he had to step forward and show that his claims were made to fight until the end for the title, Gymnastics fell hopelessly.
The team lost three of their last four games, he did not score goals in five of his last seven games and this Sunday, he also resigned his unbeaten record at home. He lost 1-0 to Tigre and squandered the chance to match Boca’s line at the top of the tournament.
If the Uruguayan Brahian Alemán has an afternoon with the lights off, Gimnasia’s panorama darkens. And that’s what happened to him. It was pure will and drive but it took a big delay in creativity. So great that it is difficult to determine what dangerous situations he had.
His coach, Néstor Gorosito, moved the pieces in the second half and made three simultaneous changes trying to get the team to react. But there was no case. As much as its people filled the Bosque stadium and encouraged throughout the afternoon, Gymnastics did not drop an idea. And he showed that the expectant position he occupies in the table is perhaps an exaggerated reflection of his true potential.
Tigre put two faces to the game, the first half more pleasing than the second. He started by handling the ball well and the spaces from the deployment of Menossi and Ezequiel Fernández in midfield and the arrivals of Collidio, Retegui and the Paraguayan Armoa.
Precisely, it was Armoa who scored the winning goal after 29 minutes of the initial stage, receiving a straight pass from Menossi between Gimnasia’s two central markers, which he defined over Rodrigo Rey’s exit after enduring the crossing of defender Leonardo Morales.
But with advantage on your side, Tigre adopted a more austere and utilitarian profile in the complement. He resigned his fluidity with the ball, he fell back a few meters on the ground and withstood Gimnasia’s charges with the solidity of Cabrera and Luciatti, his two central markers.
Even so, he could have increased the score: after a very good play by Alexis Castro, Enrique blocked two shots from Armoa, and after a run and a center behind Collidio from the right, Retegui shot with the free bow and Morales saved on the line. In the end Tigre won well, aiming to enter the Copa Sudamericana. Gymnastics lost again and after seeing how he played, the truth is that he has no right to kick.