Lobo goal fest: Gimnasia thrash Camioneros 4-1 and go through | OneFootball

On a night defined by efficiency and individual hierarchy, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata claimed an emphatic 4-1 victory over Camioneros. The match, corresponding to the Round of 64, was played at Florencio Sola Stadium, where “El Lobo” managed to dispel the footballing doubts it had been carrying following the recent departure of its coach, Fernando Zaniratto.

The scoring opened early, in the 6th minute of the first half. After a foul in the box, forward Mauricio Torres stepped up to take the penalty and, with a precise, low right-footed shot across goal, made it 1-0. However, the joy for the La Plata side was briefly interrupted in the 11th minute: poor goalkeeping from Nelson Insfran after a free kick allowed Federico Aguirre to win the header and bury the ball into the top-left corner to level the score.

Despite the temporary equalizer, Gimnasia did not lose its focus. Around the half-hour mark, Alexis Steimbach sent in a cross from the right flank that, after deflecting off an opposing defender, wrong-footed goalkeeper Horacio Ramírez and slipped in at the far post. With that bit of luck, but also with clear superiority in the run of play, the La Plata team went into halftime ahead.

In the second half, the gap in quality became physically evident. In the 20th minute, Maximiliano Zalazar drove forward from the edge of the box and unleashed a powerful shot that, once again with the help of a deflection, became the third goal of the night. Just five minutes later, veteran Ignacio “Nacho” Fernández put the game to bed: after receiving a perfectly weighted assist from Torres, he only had to tap the ball into the back of the net to seal the final 4-1.

With this result, the “Tripero” side — still in search of a new coaching staff — secured its place in the next round, where it will face Acassuso, the team that pulled off the upset by previously eliminating Newell’s Old Boys.

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