Unión shook off its bogey side, now for Belgrano in the quarters | OneFootball

In a match where the home side was the favorite on paper, Madelón’s team defeated Independiente Rivadavia 2-1 at the Bautista Gargantini. It was a good performance by Unión, who will now travel to Córdoba to face Belgrano.

During the first 15 minutes, Alfredo Berti’s side controlled the game, with Sebastián Villa and Matías Fernández constantly troubling Unión’s defense. But Unión understood they needed to play with an extra edge to get the match over the line.

In the 33rd minute, after an assist from Julián Palacios, Brahian Cuello made it 1-0 to go into halftime ahead.

The second half could not have started better for Madelón’s team. Just 3 minutes in, a precise cross found Cristian Tarragona, who finished very well, to make it 2-0 and start pulling off the upset in Mendoza.

Berti made changes from the bench and looked for a response, which came in the 24th minute when Fabrizio Sartori pulled one back after an assist from Gonzalo Ríos. From then on, it was all suffering for Unión. Independiente Rivadavia bombarded the box with crosses, but the performance of Matías Mansilla and clearances from Ludueña and Maizon sealed the result.

Near the end, referee Luis Lobo Medina disallowed Mateo del Blanco’s third goal.

Match Summary

Independiente Rivadavia (M) 1 – 2 Unión

Goals

Lineups

Independiente Rivadavia (M): Nicolás Bolcato; Luciano Gómez, Iván Villalba, Sheyko Studer, Ezequiel Bonifacio; Tomas Bottari, José Florentín, Matías Fernández; Sebastián Villa, Fabrizio Sartori and Victorio Ramis*.

Unión: Matías Mansilla; Lautaro Vargas, Juan Pablo Ludueña, Rafael Profini, Mateo Del Blanco; Mauro Pittón, Julián Palacios, Brahian Cuello, Marcelo Estigarribia; Cristian Tarragona and Agustín Colazo*.

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