Colón drew 1-1 with Los Andes: just a draw, 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 stayed deep and looked ready to strike on the counter. 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 harmlessly in goalkeeper López’s hands.

The first 15 minutes belonged entirely to Colón, who were the more persistent side against a home team that couldn’t 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 higher up the pitch, Colón threatened again down the left: Nacho Antonio won the ball back, a defender failed to clear it, and Lago unleashed a great left-footed shot that brushed goalkeeper López’s hand, with the crossbar denying the opener.

But it didn’t end there, because in the 25th minute, after a run down the flank by Lago, the ball reached Sarmiento, who backheeled it into Peinipil’s path 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 in the 34th minute Lago lit up again, cutting inside, combining with Bonansea, and laying it off to Sarmiento, who unleashed a tremendous left-footed strike to beat goalkeeper López and make it 1-0, a deserved lead in Lomas de Zamora.

Los Andes’ first real chance didn’t come until the 41st minute, after a defensive mistake by Colón allowed Gabriel Cañete to break down the right and square it to Sandoval, who took too long to set himself and, one-on-one with Budiño, fired over the bar and well wide. It was a major warning sign for El Sabalero’s back line.

Milrayitas stepped up the pace in the closing minutes of the half, but Colón stayed solid at the back and went into the break with a justified lead, thanks to the highly influential Lago and a brilliant Sarmiento.

In the second half, Los Andes pushed forward and Colón clearly set up to counterattack. 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 López’s left post.

But on the reply, Los Andes equalized. A run down the right by Vuotto led to a cross into the heart of the box, where at the far 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 managed to get a touch on it, and the ball went very close to Budiño’s goal.

Once again Colón created danger down the left, with a great cross from Nacho Lago to the far post for Bonansea’s run, and although he managed to connect with a header under heavy pressure, he was too uncomfortable and the ball drifted just wide.

Medrán threw everything at it, as Cano came on in addition to Lértora and Antonio, meaning Colón were now attacking with two wingers and two out-and-out strikers, with Lago and Bonansea still on the pitch. But Los Andes refused to 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, breaking in down the left, but his shot, which caught goalkeeper López off guard, flashed right across the face of goal and somehow did not make it 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 harder for all three points, although El Sabalero had a clear chance with a Bonansea header from an excellent position, only for the ball to end up tamely in López’s hands. Ezequiel Medrán’s team failed to put it away when they had the chance—and deserved to—and ended up drawing with Los Andes, missing the chance to once again become the temporary sole leaders of Zone A.

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