Talleres beat Unión 2-1 in Córdoba | OneFootball

Unión came out determined to play in Talleres’ half and quickly tried to impose themselves. The opening was intense, with the Tate taking the initiative against a home side that waited cautiously.

In the 5th minute came the first controversial moment of the night. Ignacio Malcorra went down inside the box and Unión’s bench appealed for a penalty, but Nazareno Arasa waved play on. VAR did not intervene either, and the play remained merely the first talking point of the match.

With similar approaches, the match gradually picked up rhythm and physicality, although clear chances were still nowhere to be seen. Malcorra positioned himself a few yards behind the striker, trying to get involved in creating play. As the minutes passed, Talleres began to push forward and managed to level the contest, especially in midfield.

In the 13th minute, the Córdoba side threatened clearly: Rik led the move and found Álvarez, who finished it with a shot that set off alarm bells in Unión’s box. That warning was the start of a trend that would only deepen. Talleres kept gaining ground until they became the team in control and began finding spaces, mainly down the side defended by Pintado. Unión no longer had the same presence they showed in the opening minutes, and Madelón quickly tried to correct the team’s drop-off from the bench.

Malcorra was also calling for greater focus and concentration to prevent the home side from continuing to grow. After the 25-minute mark, Talleres had taken control of the action and were keeping Unión pinned closer and closer to their own area. The Tate was now a far cry from the team that had started the match trying to impose itself. The Córdoba side’s dominance became more and more pronounced and, in the 38th minute, the breakthrough arrived. Álvarez unleashed a powerful shot that made it 1-0 for Talleres, a reward for what the home team had been showing.

Unión went into the break with a lackluster performance, completely outplayed in the final stretch of the first half and with plenty to correct.

Madelón’s team would have to react quickly after the break to change the image and keep the match from slipping away for good.

The second half followed the same pattern, with an intense Talleres side determined to press a Unión team that could not find answers.

In that context, Menossi found some space and fired a powerful shot from outside the box that forced Unsain into a full-stretch save to push the ball out for a corner.

On the very next play, the goalkeeper was in the spotlight again. Estigarribia won a header inside the area and Unsain once more came up with a great save to keep the Tate alive.

In barely a minute, Unión had created their best chances of the match and began to show a different attitude as they tried to regain control. Madelón went to the bench and sent on Eric Ramírez and Mauro Luna Diale, looking for more depth and attacking presence.

The game started to change shape. Talleres were no longer dominating as comfortably, and the Santa Fe side looked more aggressive in search of a goal back. Misael Aguirre then came on for Cuello, with an increasingly clear idea: a 4-4-2 to stretch the field, create spaces, and try to break down the home side’s defensive block.

But just when Unión seemed to be finding a way back into the game, the mistake appeared that ended up being decisive.

Ludueña, who until that moment had turned in a solid performance, made an error while playing out from the back and Talleres did not forgive it. Depietri took advantage of the mistake, found himself with the goal at his mercy, and finished to make it 2-0.

A very heavy blow for the Tate, who had managed to react in the second half but were once again left needing to overturn a considerable deficit. Madelón again shuffled his pieces from the bench, although the Córdoba side’s second goal effectively settled the story.

With the clock ticking down and a two-goal deficit, Unión’s comeback was starting to look practically impossible. In the 45th minute, La Perla Ramírez pulled one back, but it was only for the statistics, as it ended simply in a 2-1 defeat that brought the positive run to an end.

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