Rosario Central, the last champion of the League Cup, tied 1-1 this Thursday in its visit against Atlético Tucumán, in continuity with the first date of the 2024 edition of the competition.
From the start, the local team arrived, with a good combination between Giani, Estigarribia and Pereyra, which the Tucumán captain could not crystallize.
The Rosario team responded, with a powerful shot from Agustín Sández, which goalkeeper Devecchi managed to clear with effort.
The visitor’s goal also came from the left thanks to the active participation of the youthful former Boca winger and Alan Rodríguez. And it was almost a carom, because defender Paz wanted to reject the Paraguayan’s shot inside the area and did nothing more than give it to the Mexican Luca Martínez Dupuy, who opportunistically and first put Miguel Angel Russo’s team ahead.
In the second half, the Dean went to tie it and achieved it with a pirouette by the entered Mateo Coronel, a goal a priori annulled because the linesman marked offside of the striker, but later awarded at the request of the VAR, given that the defender Ocampo was the one enabled on the last visitor line.
In another duel, with the return of the experienced Ever Banega to Argentine football to play for Newell’s Old Boys, Uruguayan coach Mauricio Larriera’s team won agonizingly 1-0 at the Madre de Ciudades stadium in Santiago del Estero against Central Córdoba.
Precisely the designated red and black captain, after his time in Saudi Arabia, had the first chance with a shot that went close to the post.
Shortly afterward, a controversy arose, because the Parque Independencia team, without VAR intervention, had Brian Aguirre’s goal annulled due to an alleged foul by Ignacio Schor in the preview.
The match was boring and Central Córdoba, almost without taking any risks, was on its way to tying at home. But in additional time, the boy Giovani Chiaverano, barely 18 years old and who had replaced Banega, appeared to deliver the victory to Newell’s Old Boys, the only team that got the three points on this Thursday matchday.
