In a match with a lot of controversywith a goal annulled by side via VAR and an uncollected penalty that aroused complaints from all San Lorenzo, the Cyclone lost its undefeated record from the Insúa era by falling 2-1 to Barracas Centralwhich was the venue at the All Boys stadium, in Floresta.
That’s the way it is, San Lorenzo continues in the middle of the table, with 7 units, while Guapo (6) added his first win of the Professional League, a very valuable one to stay away from the relegation places in the averages (it is 19th out of 28 teams).
Alferdo Berti’s team took the lead in the 14th minute after a nice collective move made by striker Brian Sepúlvedawho defined between the legs of Augusto Battle behind the wall with his attacking colleague Neri Bandiera.
Although it was not an ode to the game of passes, the Central Barracks was far superior in that sense to San Lorenzo., from the judicious Juan Manuel Vázquez in the midfield. Rubén Darío Insúa’s team, with many youth players like since the end of the last contest, offers a more direct style of play that, for the moment, has been giving the DT acceptable results so far in the contest.
Ball goes, ball comes, consequently, San Lorenzo is often monotonous. This time the one who was able to break with that was Nahuel “Perrito” Barrios, a very good match. The 1.56 meter, who had not been a starter since October of last year, generated the tie play in the 37th minute. The quick-moving attacker surprised with his speed from the left and yielded to Leguizamón, who sent the cross for the goal of Paraguayan Bareiro, who scored for the third game in a row (although his two previous goals were both from penalties).
The Paraguayan thus took revenge on a very clear penalty that the referee Jorge Baliño did not charge him when Guapo was ahead. The Ciclón’s scorer was grabbed by the central lungo of Barracas, Nicolás Ferreyra, but neither the judge nor the VAR agreed with the attacker.
In any case, revenge was short-lived for San Lorenzo. Barely two minutes after the draw, a series of errors in the away team led to a 2-1 draw for Barracas. James rejected a center in the middle and, once the ball returned to the Ciclón area, Gattoni was enabling all of Barracas. Bandiera dominated, let Gattoni himself pass and signed his goal.
In the second part, VAR took center stage by annulling what would have been the 3 to 1 local. Later it was San Lorenzo’s turn, who had celebrated the alleged tie through James. Both plays were very fine, but the technology did not admit arguments (although it did allow great delays in the resumption of the game).
San Lorenzo went for the equalizer in the final minutes, led mainly by Barrios, who generated many fouls. As usual, Insúa made few changes (barely two, in line with the limited offer of variants that this San Lorenzo in crisis has on the bench) and trusted its starters, who finally did not find a way around this solid team of Berti, who continues with a positive record as DT of Barracas: 8 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses.
