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Nacional surpassed Colón and Ciclón Norte drew with Ateneo Inmaculada in the start of the last date of the Opening Tournament of First Division A league

As planned, the 21st date of the Opening Tournament of First Division A Marcos Méndez, organized by the Santa Fe Football League, got underway. In the south of the Santa Fe capital, Nacional's victory over Colón was recorded, while on the coast, Ateneo Inmaculada drew with Ciclón Norte from Cayastá.

This Friday, the last date will continue with the match between Cosmos and La Salle Jobson in Recreo. The bulk of the date will be played on Saturday, August 23, with three outstanding matches: Sanjustino with Pucará, Vecinal Gálvez with Colón from San Justo, and Unión with Sportivo Guadalupe.

Nacional's victory and draw in Cayastá in the Marcos Méndez

With two matches, the last date of the First Division A Opening Tournament began. In the Sur neighborhood of the city of Santa Fe, Nacional defeated Colón from Santa Fe 1-0 under the arbitration of Rubén Fernández. Facundo Chacón was the author of the only goal of the night in a match where Nacional was superior to Colón and managed to take 3 very important points, reaching 30 points. In the reserve match, the victory was 3-0 in favor of Sabalero with two goals from Thiago Velázquez and one from Facundo Aguirre.

On the other hand, at the Ricardo Yossen stadium, in the Garay department, Ciclón Norte from Cayastá drew 1-1 with Ateneo Inmaculada under the refereeing of Gabriel Ibarra. The local goal was scored by Juan Vázquez from a penalty, while Máximo Bejarano had opened the scoring for Colegial. In the reserve match, it was also a 1-1 draw. Marcos Leguiza scored for the coastal team, and Gabriel Ramírez scored for the highway team.

On this Friday, August 22, starting at 4:00 PM, at the Cosmos Camp, Cosmos will host La Salle Jobson at 4:00 PM with the arbitration of Iván Chazarreta. The rest of the date will take place on Saturday, August 23, starting at 3:30 PM: Vecinal Gálvez will play with Colón from San Justo, Sanjustino with Pucará, Independiente with Náutico El Quillá, Nobleza with Academia Cabrera, Juventud Unida with Gimnasia and Esgrima, La Perla del Oeste with Newell's, Universidad with Ciclón Racing, and Unión with Sportivo Guadalupe.

The positions were left as follows: Colón from San Justo and Sanjustino 45; Sportivo Guadalupe 44, Unión from Santa Fe 40, El Quillá 36, Ateneo Inmaculada 32, Nacional and Universidad 30, Colón from Santa Fe 28, Independiente 27, Ciclón Racing 25, Cosmos FC and Gimnasia and Esgrima 24; Ciclón Norte from Cayastá, Academia Cabrera, La Salle Jobson, and Nobleza 23; Juventud Unida 19, La Perla del Oeste 18, Vecinal Gálvez 15, Newell's Old Boys 14, Pucará 8.

Synthesis

Nacional 1 - Colón from Santa Fe 0

Nacional: Orlando Cardozo; Federico García, Raúl Lanche, Hernán Echagüe, Leandro Mansilla, Agustín Chacón, Jonatan Perezlindo, Gerónimo Vega, Facundo Chacón, Leonardo Fernández, and Ian Medrano. Coach: Mario Donetti.

Colón: Gianluca Valdiviezo; Braulio Gennaro, Luca Campagnolo, Nazareno Luque, Joaquín Rodríguez, Felipe Dettler, Bruno Venencia, Thiago Fusco, José Santini, Laureano Páez, and Valentino Tschieder. Coach: Rodrigo Aranda.

Changes: Uriel Barros x Medrano, Brian Carrizo x Perezlindo, Tobías Mena x Ian Medrano (N); Gaspar Martínez x Fusco, Milton Soto x Rodríguez, Joaquín Trutali x Luque, and Lucas Genolet x Tschieder (C).

Yellow cards: Ian Medrano, Hernán Echagüe, Gerónimo Vega, and Brian Carrizo (N); José Santini and Joaquín Trutali.

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