Colón 3 All Boys 2, vital win to return to the summit | OneFootball

Colón failed to manage the game well but edged All Boys 3-2 at Brigadier López Stadium. With this result, they returned to the top of Zone A in the Primera Nacional alongside Deportivo Morón, both on 22 points.

Goals from Federico Lértora, Julián Marcioni, and Ignacio Lago from the penalty spot gave the Sabalero the win and renewed their fans’ hopes. Tabares and Zafarana pulled goals back for the Albo.

Next Saturday they visit Estudiantes de Caseros at 3:30 p.m. for matchday 14 of the 2026 Primera Nacional. It was a good afternoon for Ezequiel Medrán’s side, who needed a win to get back into the fight.

FIRST HALF

They were just settling in when the first big moment arrived. In the 4th minute, from a set piece, the Sabalero’s training-ground play worked perfectly. A deep cross, Bonansea brought it down, and from the penalty spot Lértora buried it with a fierce, clinical strike. 1-0 While the match was evenly contested, the clearest chances belonged to Colón. In the 15th minute, Bonansea battled for the ball, drove forward, and found himself one-on-one with Carrizo. The former Patronato man finished poorly and the goalkeeper came out on top. It should have been the second. And the second came in the 31st minute. Marcioni showed determination down the right, burst into the box, and struck it across goal. Nothing Carrizo could do.

The first half ended with a comfortable win for the red-and-black side against an opponent that never tested Budiño.

SECOND HALF

In the second half, All Boys came out pushing Colón back into their own half and played much closer to Budiño’s goal. In the 11th minute, he prevented the pullback with his first important intervention. Then in the 13th minute, after a corner for the Floresta side, the ball was left loose in the middle of the home area and Tabares hit it with all he had to make it 2-1.

All Boys’ reaction did not last long. In the 16th minute, there was a high boot, Marcioni went down, and the referee had no hesitation in awarding a penalty to the Sabalero. Lago converted it in the 17th minute to restore calm. Colón led 3-1.

The visitors kept pressing, and the red-and-black goalkeeper stood out again with a couple of saves to preserve the two-goal lead. In stoppage time, Zafarana headed home to cut the gap and make it 3-2, the final score.

Later it was Carrizo who denied Nacho, who powered a header from just inches away from the keeper. It was nearly the fourth. A very fine save to tip the ball over the crossbar.

With this victory, the red-and-black side reached 22 points, drawing level with Deportivo Morón at the top, while Dep. Madryn, Godoy Cruz, and Bolívar are close behind on 19.

Summary

Colón de Santa Fe: Matías Budiño; Mauro Peinipil, Pier Barrios, Federico Rasmussen and Leandro Allende; Julián Marcioni, Federico Lértora, Ignacio Antonio and Darío Sarmiento; Ignacio Lago and Alan Bonansea. Head coach: Ezequiel Medrán.

All Boys: Nicolás Carrizo; Hernán Grana, Iván Zafarana, Alejo Rodríguez and Alejo Tabares; Tomás Assennato, Gustavo Turraca, Alexis Melo and Ignacio Palacio; Bruno Medina and Santiago Apa. Head coach: Aníbal Biggeri.

Goals: FH 4’ Lértora (C); 31’ Marcioni (C). SH 13’ Tabares (AB), 17’ Lago pen. (C); 48’ Zafarana (AB).

Substitutions: SH 00’ Calone, Purita and Blanco for Turraca, Apa and Assennato (AB). 12’ Muñoz for Sarmiento (C), 32’ Rodríguez for Palacio (AB), 35’ Cano for Bonansea (C); 39’ Toledo for Antonio and Beltrán for Marcioni (C).

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