Electrifying triumph for Santa Barbara

San Fernando and Santa Bárbara played an early finalit was not enough for them to compete for the trophy in the last game of 2023 that they had to repeat an ultra-hard game to achieve the goal they share this season: qualify for the Playoffs.

The meeting started short and somewhat bumpythe sprinklers on the Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires field started without prior warning – on two occasions – during the first minutes of the game. That unforeseen event calmed a little the tension that was in the synthetic and the teams began to take more responsibility with the ball.

The riskiest play in the first quarter came from a penalty corner that Santa He chose to make a prepared play, faked a shot from Ortale and then opened towards the server, Mariani, and they ended up defining the goal, beating Pallotini’s defense but Lozzia emerged from the darkness to reject on the line and drown out what was a shout for a goal.

The second quarter brought even more emotions and the Ladies of Gonnet They came out engrossed to achieve their goal in those fifteen minutes and they achieved it with a recovery on the ground in San Fernando. Sanguinetti divided a ball that remained on Mariani’s post and Santa’s 11 filtered a vertical pass towards the area that connected Bueloni (16′) to break zero in the match.

After the long break, the actions were losing their dynamismthe approaches decreased compared to the beginning, but what did not happen in the initial ten minutes of the third occurred during the last five of the fourth. Zoe Cechi played a leading role in preventing San Fernando from translating the good positions and plays they had achieved with goals. The Tricolor from Zona Norte achieved their chance from the fixed route of the corner and shot several shots at close range that the Santa goalkeeper reacted by eliminating the danger in her area.

The last quarter brought high levels of tension and controversy. Sanfer They insisted on getting the discount that would put them in the game and arrived with just a few minutes left and following a penalty on Bártoli that Altamirano (56′) changed for a goal. Santa Barbara erupted over the decision as the vehemence of the infraction could have been awarded as a penalty corner. Minutes later, when it seemed that the match would end like this… an action by Esnaola in the area was awarded as a penalty and Ortale (60′) took the ball, crossed the shot and scored the final score with nine seconds left.

San Fernando came out with: Yazmín Pallotini, Julieta Lozzia, Mora Piccardo, Sol Di Fonzo, Carolina Lardies, Pilar Serrano, Micaela Retegui, Maitena Altamirano, Candela Esandi, Lucía Sanguinetti and Valentina Bártoli. Juana Rubio, María Scocco, Julieta Gardey, Luana Rodríguez, Valeria Trinchinetti, Camila Bonastre, Belén Bazzana, Magdalena Lanzoni and Felicitas Cosentino. DT: Agustín Lavagno.

Santa Bárbara started with this 11: Zoe Cechi, Delfina Ortale, Agustina Capobianco, Amparo Estefanelli, Francisca Duarte, Juana Alegre, Clara Nogueira, Josefina Esnaola, Emilia Sorarrain, Martina Mariani and Julieta Bueoloni. Substitutes: Antonella Collivgnarelli, Catalina Aurellio, Rosario Michelini, Margarita Iturralde, Priscila Montalvo, Francisca Guichandut and Valentina Divano. DT: Matías Cereceda.