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

El Rojo won 2-1 with goals from Abaldo and Gutiérrez in 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 matchday of the 2026 Apertura Tournament, and both teams ended up in the playoff zone: with Talleres’ early goal against Unión — the match would end 1-1 — there was no suspense over either side’s qualification, but the game was still played with gritted teeth.

El Rojo took the lead quickly in each half through goals from Matías Abaldo and Maximiliano Gutiérrez, and midway through the second half Ezequiel Herrera pulled one back. In the end, El Ciclón remembered to attack, but it was not effective and, because of a bizarre sending-off, lost Alexis Cuello for the round of 16.

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