Barracas beat Atlético Tucumán, move into Torneo Apertura playoffs | OneFootball

Barracas Central defeated Atlético Tucumán 2 to 1 and secured a spot in the playoffs zone of the Torneo Apertura of the Professional Football League. At the Claudio Tapia stadium, Rubén Darío Insúa's team celebrated in the continuation of the eleventh round of the First Division championship and further complicated the outlook for Julio César Falcioni's side.

Gonzalo Maroni opened the scoring for the Guapo at 13 minutes into the first half. However, his teammate Nicolás Demartini equalized with an own goal at 24 minutes. But just one minute later, Facundo Bruera set the final score after being assisted by Lucas Gamba.

In a heated finish, the Decano ended with 9 players on the field due to the expulsions of Lautaro Godoy (double yellow) and Kevin Ortiz (straight red), at 43 minutes and in additional time, respectively.

With this result, the Guapo reached 15 points in Zone B, while the Decano remains with six points. In the next round, Barracas will visit Huracán on Monday, March 23 at 21:15; while the Tucumán team will host Gimnasia La Plata on Friday, the 20th of the current month from 21:00.

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