Banfield and Argentinos encouraged this Monday night a great game that had everything, including a very hot ending due to an agonizing penalty that allowed El Bicho to take the 1-1 and stay two units behind the leader Atlético Tucumán. For the Drill, the point left him in the exact middle of the table: position 14.
There was barely a minute left in the six added minutes when Carabajal received inside the area and was rudely shot down by Maciel. But the line judge pointed out the advanced position of the Argentinians and the Banfileños’ hearts resumed their beating… Until the VAR appeared, of course. The referee went to review the play, confirmed that there was no such offside and awarded the maximum penalty despite the rain of insults that showered him from the stalls.
Miguel Torrén broke Cambeses’s goal and Argentinos reached 1 to 1 just before the end, one that had almost all the boys in green and white shirts claiming referee Nicolás Ramírez for a decision that was correct.
The draw at the end gave some justice to the result due to the constant search for the Bug and in turn excessively punished a Banfield that showed off its effectiveness to get ahead. The 1 to 0 came in the 39th minute with a shot from right-back Coronel, who did not find the best reaction from Lanzillota. And although he delivered the ball to the visit, Claudio Vivas’s team did not skimp on sending players to attack when the occasion was right. Thus, for example, the other side, the Venezuelan Luis Mago burst the crossbar with a memorable left foot that by a few centimeters was not 2 to 0.
Argentinos also hit the post a while later. It was with a shot from outside the area by Carabajal himself, one of Bicho’s best both last night and in the tournament. In contrast, the one that did not work was also the attacking duo made up of Reniero and Verón, who had been on the rise. On Saturday they will have revenge, when El Bicho receives San Lorenzo. For his part, Banfield will visit Estudiantes.
