Independiente Rivadavia edge past Huracán after a struggle | OneFootball

Independiente Rivadavia earned a hard-fought 2-1 win over Huracán in a match that featured several mini-games within the game itself. Paraguayans Alex Arce and José Florentín scored for the Mendoza side, while Colombian Oscar Cortés pulled one back for the visitors.

The home side started out under pressure, but quickly found a way to settle into the match. A poor start from La Lepra nearly ended in a goal for Caicedo, but Bolcatto came up with a superb block to prevent his goal from falling and bring some calm to the Mendoza team.

Alfredo Berti’s side responded immediately, in a rebound-filled move that failed to produce a favorable ending. Even so, the play left one clear feeling: La Lepra was beginning to grow into the game, gain ground, and impose itself.

After 11 minutes, Matías Fernández had the clearest chance up to that point, but lost the one-on-one battle with Galíndez. Shortly afterward, Fabricio Sartori had found the net after two headers inside the box, though the goal was ruled out following a VAR review for offside.

As the minutes passed, Independiente Rivadavia showed greater collective solidity and a clear game plan. Berti’s influence was evident in a team that understands the different moments of a match, knows when to accelerate, and makes the most of its attacking strengths.

Huracán only managed to react around the half-hour mark, when Caicedo appeared unmarked inside the box and failed to hit the target. It was the moment when El Globo began to level the match and stopped suffering from every set piece delivered by the Mendoza side.

But La Lepra remained a dangerous team. Its pace on the counterattack was on display again when Matías Fernández beat Galíndez off his line, cut inside as a defender arrived, and got himself into shooting position. The finish was not what he had hoped for, but the move could have ended in one of the goals of the matchday.

Huracán found fertile ground on the right side of Mendoza’s defense. Luciano Gómez’s injury forced Alessandro Riep into the game, although the Parque Patricios side failed to turn that superiority into a goal before the break.

José Florentín’s goal came at just the right time to spark celebrations at the Bautista Gargantini.

But the second half quickly changed the picture. Barely two minutes had passed when Óscar Cortés took advantage of his fine strike to surprise Bolcatto and cut the deficit. The goal gave El Globo fresh energy and seemed to leave Berti’s team stunned.

From that moment on, Huracán improved in individual duels, found more fluency in possession, and began to threaten with long-range shots. Cortés grew in influence and became one of the main threats to La Lepra’s defense.

In the 18th minute, Bolcatto redeemed himself after the goal conceded and came up huge at a key moment to deny Caicedo in a one-on-one. It was another warning sign of the bad spell Independiente Rivadavia was going through: it could no longer keep hold of the ball, its lines were disconnected, and it was suffering under the visitors’ pressure.

To make matters worse, Huracán kept pushing and came close to an equalizer with a shot from Kalinger, only to be denied by a magnificent save from the Mendoza goalkeeper, who kept blue hope alive with his hands.

Only after the half-hour mark did the Mendoza eleven find some peace. Without becoming the protagonist again, it managed to weather the storm and push the game farther away from Bolcatto’s goal.

Galíndez denied Arce on a diving header and a one-on-one, and nothing else changed the final result. A good win for La Lepra, which remains atop the overall table in Argentine football.

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