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

Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza beat Gimnasia de La Plata 3-2 in a crazy, thrilling match on Matchday 6 of the Liga Profesional Clausura. The Mendoza side was leading 2-0, the home team made it 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 the pressure from fans angered by the derby defeat to Estudiantes. With a simple pressing job in midfield, it won the ball back easily and created several chances.

The first heavy blow for the home side came in the 16th minute, when O’Connor threaded a great pass between the lines, and Agustín Módica slipped between the two center backs to make it 1-0. If the ball was already burning at 0-0, with Mendoza taking the lead the situation only got worse.

That explains how, in the 38th minute, Nicolás Barros Schelotto fired a real missile at Enzo Martínez, who could not even control the ball and ended up losing it. Agustín Módica took advantage of the bizarre shared mistake and finished with class past Insfrán for 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 into a more central role. The move worked instantly. Just one minute into the second half, Bautista Barros Schelotto delivered a good cross from the right, and Agustín Auzmendi buried it from the penalty spot.

Lifted, revived, and with plenty of time left, the Basurero took control of the match and overwhelmed the Pituco. It threatened with a Janson header straight into Rigamonti’s hands, a Zalazar shot just wide, another effort from Nacho Fernández that led to a corner, and a header from Zalazar off the crossbar, later ruled out for offside when Fernández tucked it away.

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

But that was when Darío Franco’s team showed its competitive spirit. The Blanquinegro found strength in weakness and showed it is capable of big things. First it warned with a tremendous left-footed strike from Lencioni that smashed against the post, and another from Cingolani that missed by inches. Then it cashed in with a cross from Fernández and the scoring touch 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 had a hard time, but managed to hold on. Late on, Rigamonti denied Janson from point-blank range, Zalazar somehow missed from virtually underneath the goal, and Recalde stopped Barros Schelotto’s header.

An important, hard-fought, 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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