The final had everything you could want from a final: a great goal, a draw in stoppage time, extra time that pushed the players to their limits and a penalty shootout that was as exciting as all the others. Therefore, the Estudiantes celebration was uncontrolled. More than a celebration, a relief.
There wasn’t much to salvage from last night’s final at the Madre de Cities. It was a close game with unclear arrivals. Until the emotions came in the final spurt. With just over ten minutes left, Maravilla Martínez appeared and scored a great goal to stay on the nightstand. And as the academy took the Olympic turn, Guido Carrillo equalized in stoppage time. And head first, as the student handbook requires. The draw added another thirty minutes to the final, an extra period that left the players exhausted.
The penalty gave Estudiantes relief: Cambeses parried Cetré’s shot and Muslera stopped Martirena’s shot. Until Pardo hit the final penalty against the post and Pincha won the tournament.
Authoritarians don’t like that
The practice of professional and critical journalism is a mainstay of democracy. That is why it bothers those who believe that they are the owners of the truth.
How much is a fine worth? In this case, much more than the local tournament title he won. Because thanks to this Clausura final, Pincha has three more finals ahead of him and the opportunity to play in the next Copa Libertadores. The cheers of the fans who traveled to Santiago del Estero are fleeting compared to the opportunities presented to them.
After one hundred and twenty minutes of tension and the penalty shootout, everything was red and white. Veron did it again. Against everyone.
Another Verón Tapia round
The confrontation between the president of the AFA, Chiqui Tapia, and the president of Estudiantes, Juan Sebastián Verón, added another chapter last night. After the episode with the backs to the Rosario Central players and the encounter with Pablo Toviggino, treasurer of the AFA, the final of this Clausura served as a framework for another bombardment.
Verón again criticized the AFA leadership after the accident of the Estudiantes buses on the way to the final of the Clausura tournament in Santiago del Estero.
The Pincha leader shared the club’s statement in connection with the collision of three buses with fans: “The lack of empathy towards the member and the fan is complete, they expose people to mobilization without anyone caring about the consequences. Then they sell you that ‘the club belongs to the members’.”
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