San Fernando eliminated Ciudad and returns to the Metro final after three years
San Fernando A is a finalist for the 2024 Metropolitan Tournament. After falling in two consecutive semifinals in the Playoffs, they will play the definition again. They beat Ciudad A 2-0 with goals from Matías Rey and Marco Aguirregomezcorta. Next week the new Buenos Aires champion will be defined before Banco Provincia.
In the previous, Sanfer A He arrived as the best of the year in the regular season with a great distance compared to his rivals, which earned him direct qualification to the semifinals of the Playoffs. On the other side, Muni A, managed to reach the semifinals for the first time in five years, after beating Hurling in the previous match.
As for the actions, El Tricolor of northern Buenos Aires was the one who took center stage from the beginning. He forced Muni to defend behind and Jeremías Doubouloy to be very lucid to avoid the fall of his goal. The penetrations into the circle were incessant for the team led by Nacho Bergner, who had the clearest ones. Although, five minutes from the end of the second quarter, Bautista Capurro made a tremendous individual play that could have broken the score for Bajo Núñez.
The second half maintained tension in the atmosphere and the idea of not making mistakes in the defenses of both teams. Sanfer continued with the initiative and possession of the ball, while Ciudad tried from the counterattack. Averaging 10 minutes into the third quarter, Beccar Varela’s two initial interventions came in the Tricolor goal after two setbacks by Lorito and Capurro. Sure, the archer responded very well. However, when everything seemed to be tied in the last quarter, the magic of Matías Rey (43′). Matias Yiyo Saliva gave it to the experienced player from Los Leones who stacked up two players, shot from the door of the area and deflected it into an opponent, quickly overcoming Doubouloy’s resistance. Sanfer went 1 to 0.
With the need to go for a tie, those led by Carlos Geneyro went all out. Capurro again had his chance after five minutes, but his backhand went just wide. On the other hand, the 2021 champions had two clear chances through Marco Aguirregomezcorta, but the Los Leoncitos forward could not score the second goal. Nevertheless, The Basque He would have his great revenge and in the last minute, with the goal at his mercy because Muni had taken out his goalkeeper to have one more player, and with the assistance of Matías Rey, the great figure of the match, he declared the final 2-0.
San Fernando A Formation: Juan Cruz Beccar Varela, Rodrigo Marchese, Jaime Terzi, Fermín Merlini, Guido Barreiros, Felipe Merlini, Matías Rey, Agustín Bonanno, Mateo Merlini, Matías Saliva, Marco Aguirregomezcorta. Substitutes: Agustín Magdalena, Lorenzo Somaini, Lisandro Somma, Celedonio Merlini, Pedro Travi, Tobías Viviant, Lisandro Durán, Mateo Magdalena, Felipe Bartoli. DT: Ignatius Bergner.
City A Formation: Jeremías Doubouloy, Nicolás Vera, Tomás Larrinaga, Fernando Ricci, Bruno Stellato, Santiago Lorito, Matías Gravelloni, Lucas Redondo, Mateo Serrano, Joaquín González, Bautista Capurro. Substitutes: Tomás Patrone, Matías Schvartzman, Máximo Arias, Luciano Del Pozo, Luca De Santis, Jeremías Bravo, Facundo Fernández, Francisco Lorito, Martín Redondo. DT: Carlos Geneyro.
