Colón drew 1-1 with Los Andes: a draw and nothing more | OneFootball

On Matchday 12 of the Primera Nacional, Colón drew 1-1 with Los Andes at the Eduardo Gallardón stadium and remains Morón’s closest challenger in Zone A.

The opening minutes were clearly about feeling each other out, with Colón starting with the intention of settling in the opposition half, while Los Andes sat back and looked ready to strike on the counterattack. The first chance fell to El Sabalero in the 5th minute, when Bonansea brought it down well, Antonio got there, got a shot away, and the ball ended up tamely in goalkeeper López’s hands.

The first 15 minutes belonged entirely to Colón, who pushed harder against a home side unable to impose itself. In fact, Nacho Lago on the left emerged as El Sabalero’s main weapon, although the team lacked precision and clarity in the final third.

Until the 22nd minute, after Los Andes had pushed up the field, Colón threatened again down the left: Nacho Antonio won the ball back there, a defender failed to clear, and Lago unleashed a great left-footed shot that brushed past goalkeeper López, only for the crossbar to deny the opener.

But it didn’t end there, because in the 25th minute, after a run by Lago, the ball reached Sarmiento, who flicked it through with his heel to Peinipil for a cross into the heart of the box where Bonansea just failed to get his head to it. Colón had another chance and by then deserved the lead.

Until the 34th minute, when Lago came alive again, cut inside, played a one-two with Bonansea, and slipped it to Sarmiento, who struck a tremendous left-footed shot to beat goalkeeper López and make it a deserved 1-0 in Lomas de Zamora.

Los Andes’ first chance didn’t come until the 41st minute, after a defensive mistake by Colón. Gabriel Cañete surged down the right and laid it off to Sandoval, who took too long to set himself and, alone in front of Budiño, fired over and well wide. It was a major warning sign for El Sabalero’s back line.

In the final minutes of the half, Los Andes picked up the pace, but Colón stayed solid at the back and went into the break with a justified lead, with Lago highly influential and Sarmiento superb.

In the second half, Los Andes pushed forward and Colón clearly set up to counter. In the 8th minute, the ball reached Bonansea, who played in Nacho Antonio, but instead of shooting with his left, he laid it off to Lago. The former Talleres player tried to place it with great precision, but the ball skimmed just past goalkeeper López’s left post.

But Los Andes equalized in the response. A run down the right by Vuotto led to a cross into the middle of the area, where at the back post Villarreal appeared and, with the whole goal at his mercy, beat Gabriel Budiño to make it 1-1.

Minutes later, after being pinned back for a couple of minutes, El Sabalero broke on the counter, but a poor pass led to a Los Andes attack that came very close. Valdez Chamorro sent a low ball into the box, Viganoni got a touch that changed its path, and the ball went very close to Budiño’s goal.

Once again down the left, Colón created danger, with a great cross from Nacho Lago to the back post for Bonansea’s run; he managed to get his head to it under heavy pressure, but awkwardly, and the ball went just wide.

Medrán went all in, as the introductions of Lértora and Antonio were followed by Cano, meaning Colón attacked with two wingers and two out-and-out forwards, with Lago and Bonansea still on the field. But Los Andes did not give up the initiative and also had several counterattacking chances to turn the game around.

And in the 32nd minute Colón had a very clear chance, once again through Bonansea, coming in from the left, but his shot, which caught goalkeeper López off guard, flashed across the face of goal and incredibly did not become the 2-1. Three minutes later, Viganoni failed to connect with a cross from the right after a glaring misjudgment by Facundo Castet.

In the final minutes, Los Andes were the side that pushed hardest for all three points, although El Sabalero had a clear chance with a Bonansea header from an excellent position, but the ball ended up softly in López’s hands. Ezequiel Medrán’s team could not put it away when it had the chance and deserved more, but it ended up drawing with Los Andes and missed the chance to temporarily return to sole possession of first place in Zone A.

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