Professional League: Instituto Beat San Lorenzo, Who Could Not Sustain Its Improvement

The Cordoba team played much better than the Cyclone, which was supported by the good performance of goalkeeper Gomez, but it was not enough to get back to scoring.

San Lorenzo stumbled again. After the victory against Banfield last week, Leandro Romagnoli’s team went to Córdoba looking to confirm a comeback, but they ran into a superior rival who beat them 2-0 and gave them a dose of reality. Goals by Gonzalo Requena in the first half and by Ignacio Russo at the end of the match made clear the superiority of Instituto, which placed itself in the qualifying zone for the Copa Sudamericana.

From the start, Instituto showed its offensive intentions against a San Lorenzo that was outclassed in all areas of the field and could only sustain itself thanks to the brilliant performance of Chila Gómez, who was key in keeping the score at zero. But when the first half was ending, a cross shot by Jonathan Bay deflected off a defender and was left in Requena’s lap, who had no trouble beating Gómez.

Instituto Beat San Lorenzo.

Despite being clearly outplayed, San Lorenzo had the chance to regain parity before the break in their only deep attack of that period. Muniain, from the edge of the area, assisted Nahuel Bustos, who dodged the save of goalkeeper Roffo but could not stop Requena’s cross, who on the line unleashed his second great celebration for La Gloria: from an own goal in the opponent’s goal to a goal saved in his own goal in a handful of minutes.

Little changed in the second half, as Puebla continued to be an unsolvable problem for the visiting defence. They could have even increased their lead, but the post saved the San Lorenzo goal. The problem for the Cordoba team was that they were unable to finish off the result and they almost paid dearly, first with a header from Remedi that Roffo blocked well and then with a tackle from Fydriszewski that he was unable to connect with on the edge of the six-yard box.

Once the heat was over, Instituto responded as it had throughout the match: with intensity and depth. Thus it finished off the match with a great combination of its substitutes. Lo Celso accelerated, Lázaro overflowed and Russo defined through the center before Gómez came out. And it could have even added another goal, since another entry by the son of the former Central and Boca coach ended again in the left post of San Lorenzo’s goal. Thus ended the excursion of the Boedo team through Córdoba, with more doubts than certainties.