Talleres beat Unión 2-1 in Córdoba | OneFootball

Unión came out determined to play in Talleres’ half and quickly tried to impose themselves. The opening was intense, with the Tate taking the initiative against a home side that waited cautiously.

In the 5th minute came the first controversial moment of the night. Ignacio Malcorra went down inside the box and Unión’s bench appealed for a penalty, but Nazareno Arasa waved play on. VAR did not intervene either, and the play remained only the first source of debate in the match.

With similar approaches, the match began to pick up rhythm and intensity, although clear chances were still nowhere to be seen. Malcorra positioned himself a few meters behind the striker, trying to get involved in building play. As the minutes passed, Talleres started to push forward and managed to level out the contest, especially in midfield.

In the 13th minute, the Córdoba side gave a clear warning: Rik led the move and found Álvarez, who finished it with a shot that set off alarm bells in Unión’s box. That warning was the start of a trend that would only grow stronger. Talleres kept gaining ground until they became the team in control and began finding spaces, mainly down the side defended by Pintado. Unión no longer had the same presence as in the opening minutes, and Madelón quickly tried to correct the retreat from the bench.

Malcorra was also calling for more focus and concentration to keep the home side from continuing to grow. After the 25-minute mark, Talleres had taken over proceedings and were keeping Unión pinned closer and closer to their own box. The Tate was now far removed from the team that had started the match trying to impose itself. The Córdoba side’s dominance became more and more evident and, in the 38th minute, the blow arrived. Álvarez unleashed a powerful shot that made it 1-0 for Talleres, reward for what the home side had been showing.

Unión went into the break with a lackluster performance, completely outplayed in the final stretch of the first half and with plenty to fix.

Madelón’s team would need to react quickly in the second half to change the image and keep the match from slipping away for good.

The second half followed the same pattern, with an intense Talleres side determined to press a Unión team that could not find answers.

In that context, Menossi found some space and struck a powerful shot from outside the box that forced Unsain to stretch and tip the ball out for a corner.

On the very next play, the goalkeeper was again at the center of things. Estigarribia won a header inside the box and Unsain responded once more with a superb save to keep the Tate alive.

In barely a minute, Unión had found their best chances of the match and began to show a different attitude as they tried to regain control. Madelón went to the bench and sent on Eric Ramírez and Mauro Luna Diale, looking for more depth and attacking presence.

The match started to change shape. Talleres was no longer dominating as comfortably, and the Santa Fe side looked more aggressive in their search for a goal back. Misael Aguirre then came on for Cuello, with an increasingly clear idea: a 4-4-2 to stretch the field, create spaces, and try to break down the home side’s defensive block.

But just when Unión seemed to be finding a way back into the match, the mistake came that proved decisive.

Ludueña, who until then had put in a solid performance, made an error while playing out from the back and Talleres did not forgive him. Depietri took advantage of the mistake, found himself with the goal at his mercy, and finished to make it 2-0.

A crushing blow for the Tate, who had managed to react in the second half but once again found themselves needing to overturn a considerable deficit. Madelón reshuffled from the bench again, although the Córdoba side’s second goal effectively tilted the whole story.

With the clock ticking and a two-goal deficit, Unión’s comeback was starting to look like an almost impossible mission. In the 45th minute, La Perla Ramírez pulled one back, but it was only for the statistics, because it was simply a 2-1 defeat that brought the positive streak to an end.

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