Belgrano beat Argentinos in La Paternal to reach the final | OneFootball

After drawing 1-1 over 120 minutes, Belgrano beat Argentinos in the penalty shootout at La Paternal and became River’s opponent in the 2026 Torneo Apertura final, which will be played next Sunday, May 24, at the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium in Córdoba.

Argentinos struck early with Facundo Jainikoski’s goal in the 7th minute of the first half and seemed to be on course for qualification, but Belgrano responded at the end and found the equalizer in the 50th minute of the second half through Nicolás “Uvita” Fernández, after a play reviewed by VAR.

In extra time, Argentinos was the side that pushed hardest and had several clear chances, but ran into an outstanding performance from Thiago Cardozo. Belgrano held firm and took the match to penalties, where El Pirata ultimately sealed its place in the final in a heart-stopping shootout.

Summary

Argentinos Juniors 1 (3) – (4) 1 BelgranoGoals: Facundo Jainikoski (7’ FH) and Nicolás “Uvita” Fernández (50’ SH).

Argentinos Juniors: Brayan Cortés; Leandro Lozano, Francisco Álvarez, Román Riquelme, Sebastián Prieto; Alan Lescano, Federico Fattori, Nicolás Oroz; Facundo Jainikoski, Tomás Molina and Iván Morales. Head coach: Nicolás Diez.Substitutes who came on: Gabriel Florentín, Lucas Gómez, Enzo Pérez, Erik Godoy, Hernán López Muñoz and Gastón Verón.

Belgrano: Thiago Cardozo; Leonardo Morales, Alexis Maldonado, Lisandro López, Adrián Spörle; Adrián Sánchez, Santiago Longo, Emiliano Rigoni; Lucas Zelarayán, Francisco González Metilli and Lucas Passerini. Head coach: Ricardo Zielinski.Substitutes who came on: Agustín Falcón, Franco Vázquez, Ramiro Hernándes, Nicolás Fernández, Lautaro Gutiérrez and Federico Ricca.

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