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 pursuer 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 ready to try to hurt them on the counterattack. The first chance fell to El Sabalero in the 5th minute, when Bonansea controlled it well, Antonio arrived, got off a shot, and the ball ended up tamely in goalkeeper López’s hands.

The first 15 minutes were all Colón, as they were the side pushing most against a home team that could not impose itself. In fact, Nacho Lago on the left emerged as El Sabalero’s most important outlet, although the team lacked precision and clarity in the final third.

Until the 22nd minute, after Los Andes had pushed up the field, Colón again threatened down the left, with a ball recovered there by Nacho Antonio. A defender failed to clear it, Lago unleashed a great left-footed shot that brushed goalkeeper López, and the crossbar denied them the opener.

But it did not end there, because in the 25th minute, after a run by Lago, the ball reached Sarmiento, who flicked it on with his heel to Peinipil 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.

Then in the 34th minute Lago lit up again, cut inside, played a one-two with Bonansea, and laid it off to Sarmiento, who unleashed a tremendous left-footed strike to beat goalkeeper López and make it 1-0, deservedly so, in Lomas de Zamora.

Los Andes’ first chance did not come until the 41st minute, after a defensive mistake by Colón, when Gabriel Cañete burst down the right and squared it to Sandoval, who took far too long to settle himself and, alone in front of Budiño, sent his shot high and well wide. It was a major warning sign for El Sabalero’s back line.

In the closing minutes of the half, Los Andes picked up the pace, but Colón stayed compact at the back and went into the break deserving their lead, with Lago highly influential and Sarmiento brilliant.

In the second half, Los Andes pushed forward while Colón set up decisively to counterattack. In the 8th minute the ball reached Bonansea, who played in Nacho Antonio, but he did not want to hit it with his left foot and instead passed to Lago. The former Talleres player tried to place it with great precision, but the ball went just past goalkeeper López’s left post.

But in the response, Los Andes found the equalizer. A run down the right by Vuotto led to a cross into the heart of the area, where at the far post Villarreal appeared and, with the whole goal at his disposal, 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 deflect its path, and the ball went very close to Budiño’s goal.

Once again down the left, Colón created danger, with a great cross from Nacho Lago to the back post for Bonansea’s run. He managed to connect with a very awkward header, but the ball went just wide.

Medrán threw everything at it, as Cano joined the introductions of Lértora and Antonio, meaning Colón attacked with two wingers and two out-and-out strikers, with Lago and Bonansea still on the pitch. But Los Andes did not 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, cutting in from the left, but his shot, which caught goalkeeper López off guard, flashed across the face of goal and incredibly did not become the 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 it was Los Andes who pushed hardest for all three points, although El Sabalero had a clear chance with a Bonansea header from an excellent position, but the ball ended up tamely in López’s hands. Ezequiel Medrán’s team could not 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 leader of Zone A.

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