The 0 to 0 of the classic between San Lorenzo and Independent No escaped than expected. It was an intense and closed game but played with very little hierarchy. None spared perspiration. But inspiration was scant. San Lorenzo had the clearest situations and that placed him a little closer to victory. But he could not specify them. Independiente fought all night but it was difficult for him to get close to the Barça goal. And he finished with one less due to the expulsion at the end of Nicolás Vallejo.
San Lorenzo needed to wash its face after its very bad match against Newell’s. And he made him want. He opened the game on the wings with Giay on the right and the tandem Barrios, Martegani and Braida on the left and with that he kept Independiente at bay, although without going too far. A Gattoni header that goalkeeper Rey sent to the corner was the best he did in the first half. With less ball handling, Independiente arrived twice: A free kick from the Ecuadorian Cazares surprised goalkeeper Batalla in advance and went just high and a header from Vallejo after another floated cross from Cazares, was well contained by Batalla.
Independiente wanted to go ahead and discuss the process further up in the second half. But the unclear strength of San Lorenzo ended up dragging. That was when the Cyclone produced its best moments: Barrios, unstoppable every time he faced the wings, took a cross that Vombergar spliced forced and Rey saved. After another overflow from Barrios, Leguizamón unleashed a right swing just over the crossbar. And in the clearest arrival, Barreto locked Vombergar just as he was preparing to finish off with the free arc.
San Lorenzo went forward. And Independiente endured. Each one showed what they have and what they lack. And between the two of them they shaped a hot classic, more beautiful to feel than to see, which left them at zero, in the same place where they were.