Gimnasia Mendoza beat Gimnasia La Plata 3-2 in the 2026 Clausura | OneFootball

Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza beat Gimnasia de La Plata 3-2 in a crazy and thrilling match on Matchday 6 of the Liga Profesional Clausura. The Mendoza side was up 2-0, the home team leveled it at 2-2, and Módica completed his hat trick to seal the win.

The first half went exactly the way the Mendoza Wolf wanted. It was clearly the better side and took advantage of the home team’s problems as they tried to cope with pressure from frustrated fans after the derby loss to Estudiantes. With a simple pressing job in midfield, they recovered the ball with ease and created several chances.

The first heavy blow for the hosts came in the 16th minute, when O’Connor played a great through ball, and Agustín Módica slipped in between the two center backs to make it 1-0. If the ball had already been burning at 0-0, with Mendoza ahead the situation only got worse.

That explains how, in the 38th minute, Nicolás Barros Schelotto fired a real rocket at Enzo Martínez, who could not even control the ball and ended up losing it. Agustín Módica took full advantage of the bizarre shared mistake and finished with class past Insfrán to make it 2-0.

Gimnasia de La Plata’s coach understood he had to reshuffle a lineup with huge tactical and mental problems, so he sent on Zalazar and Janson for the second half, while also moving Ignacio Miramón centrally. The move paid off instantly. Just one minute into the second half, Bautista Barros Schelotto whipped in a good cross from the right, and Agustín Auzmendi tucked it away from the penalty spot.

Buoyed, revived, and with plenty of time left, the Basurero took control of the game and overran the Pituco. They threatened with a Janson header straight into Rigamonti’s hands, a Zalazar shot just wide, another from Nacho Fernández that led to a corner, and a header from Zalazar himself off the crossbar, later ruled out for offside when Fernández turned it in.

The home side was playing better and fully deserved the equalizer. That is why it came as no surprise when, with quick passing, they got to the byline down the right and then switched it left for Zalazar to make it 2-2.

But then the competitive spirit of Darío Franco’s team emerged. The Black-and-White side found strength in adversity and showed it is capable of big things. First it warned with a stunning left-footed strike from Lencioni that smashed off the post and another from Cingolani that missed by inches. Then it struck, with a cross from Fernández and the predatory finish of the unstoppable Agustín Módica. Hat trick and total joy for the visitors.

Gimnasia de La Plata once again used desperation as fuel to claw its way back from defeat, and Mensana suffered, but managed to hold on. Late on, Rigamonti denied Janson from point-blank range, Zalazar missed one virtually under the goal, and Recalde stopped Barros Schelotto’s header.

It was an important, hard-fought, and hard-earned win for Gimnasia de Mendoza in a match that will be remembered. Three golden points for the Pituco side, which keeps dreaming of big things in the Liga Profesional.

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