Independiente beat San Lorenzo 2-1 at Nuevo Gasómetro, both qualify | OneFootball

El Rojo won 2-1 with goals from Abaldo and Gutiérrez at the Bajo Flores to finish 5th in Group A. El Ciclón, who pulled one back through Herrera and lost Cuello to a controversial red card, will finish 7th or 8th.

Independiente beat San Lorenzo 2-1 at the Nuevo Gasómetro in the postponed round of the 2026 Apertura Tournament, and both teams ended up in the playoff zone: with Talleres’ early goal against Unión — it would end 1-1 — the match was played without much suspense over either side’s qualification, but with both teams still grinding it out.

El Rojo struck early in each half through Matías Abaldo and Maximiliano Gutiérrez, and midway through the second half Ezequiel Herrera pulled one back. In the end, El Ciclón finally remembered to attack but lacked efficiency, and also lost Alexis Cuello for the round of 16 due to a bizarre sending-off.

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