Colón lost the match and top spot in Primera Nacional to Morón | OneFootball

Colón suffered a heavy defeat at the Nuevo Francisco Urbano, losing 2-0 to Deportivo Morón in Primera Nacional’s Zone A. Ezequiel Medrán’s team played much of the match with one man less after Matías Muñoz was sent off in the first half, and they could not recover against a direct rival that caught and overtook them at the top on goal difference.

Colón clearly deserved to lose the match. Morón always controlled the ball, and Tomás Paredes was the standout player before the goals arrived.

The opener came in the 18th minute. After a good assist from Berterame, Franco Fagundez finished past Paredes as he came off his line to make it 1-0 for the home side.

Colón were trailing 1-0 and being outplayed, and in the 35th minute of the first half Matías Muñoz made things easier for Morón when he struck an opponent in the face while attacking, after the ball had already gone to a teammate. From that point on, it already looked difficult for Colón to get anything from the match that afternoon.

The only player who created a clear chance for Colón was Ignacio Antonio, who in one of the final plays of the half struck from distance and Salvá, Morón’s goalkeeper, pushed the ball out for a corner. Medrán’s men went into the break 2-0 down, knowing things could hardly have gone worse and perhaps hoping that a substitution might change the course of the game.

Not even 30 seconds had passed in the second half and El Sabalero were already 2-0 down. In their first real attack, Morón broke down the left, Franco Fagundez delivered a wonderful cross, and David Ezequiel Bulacio only had to stick out a foot and push the ball in for the second goal. He had come on at halftime—things could not have gone better for Bulacio, while Colón were 2-0 behind.

From then on, without ideas, Colón had two chances to pull one back. The first fell to Ignacio Antonio, who nearly brought El Sabalero back into the match. He hit a shot from distance, but Salvá lived up to his surname and kept a clean sheet. The other chance came in the final minutes when Beltrán (who was not at Peinipil’s level) got free down the right, combined with Sarmiento in a one-two, and the full-back sent in a cross that a home defender almost turned into his own net. Once again, Salvá prevented Colón from scoring. Tomás Paredes also came up big again to stop a third goal on a counterattack. Medrán’s side lost both the match and top spot, with Morón ahead by two goals on goal difference.

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