The preview of the Metropolitano ladies’ semifinals

The four best teams in the Metropolitano for women The passage to a new final is debated. This Saturday, November 23, Lomas (1st) against Santa Bárbara (4th) and GEBA (2nd) against San Fernando (6th) The 2023 semifinals will be relived and can be enjoyed on the Disney Plus Premium screen.

The Rabbits in a dream year before a Santa who arrives with a bang

Lucas Colo Vila’s first year as coach of Hills It has been far above any previous expectations. He maintained his leadership with an undefeated streak of seven months and qualified directly to the semifinals with clear anticipation. They reaped 65 points in the regular phase as a result of 20 wins, 5 draws and only one loss against River. It was the team with the best goal difference. They scored 55 goals and conceded only 18, the team with the fewest goals against.

Las Conejas, in addition, have already won the first title of the year after winning the Super 8. And also, they are still in the race in the Buenos Aires Cup, in which they are in the semifinals and will face Italiano. The dream of the first triple crown in history for the most champion team in the history of the Metro (19 titles) is more valid than ever.

On the opposite side will be the always complicated Santa Bárbara. Gonnet’s team suffered significant losses throughout the season. Victoria Manuele and Majo Granatto, main references, emigrated to Europe and, to make matters worse, Lucila Torena suffered a torn cruciate ligament in one of her knees. Therefore, the work for Matías Cereceda was difficult.

In any case, Gonnet’s team was able to achieve the clean and jerk to keep their place in the Playoffs on the last date. Key was the victory on the penultimate day against San Fernando by 2 to 1 in the one televised by Disney Plus Premium. In the previous match last Saturday, they showed all the hierarchy against Banco Provincia, a rival from whom they eliminated the fourth position of the standings of the regular phase in the final, to beat them without mitigating circumstances. The Tricolor finished the first half with 43 points, after 12 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses with 49 goals for and 42 against.

It will be the second time in history that one of the youngest clubs in the history of Buenos Aires hockey is among the four best and will also seek to return to the final, just as it did last year. An unforgettable final that incredibly escaped them against San Fernando after being 3 to 1 up in the score minutes before closing and ended tied and with a defeat in the shoot-outs.

Gimnasia set the pace for the year and will go against a Sanfer that entered through the window and now is excited again

Gimnasia’s curse in the definition dates back seven years without titles and several frustrations in a row. The strong blow of defeat in 2023 in the same instance marked a 2024 that surpassed that bar without discussions. With Tatiana Herrero returning from retirement, Mercedes Taboada as captain and the potential scorer of Catalina Alimenti, those from Palermo sealed their place in the Playoffs a couple of dates before the close of the regular phase and culminated in second place with 50 points, then of 14 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses. They added 50 points and received 27.

It will be their turn to face a tough nut to crack for them in recent years. Sanfer, for its part, achieved classification by goal difference after equaling Italiano in points (41) and having practically all the other figures tied (11 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses). There were 35 goals in favor with 26 against those led by Agustín Lavagno against 43 and 36, respectively, for Tano. That is to say, by two points difference the Tricolor is still in the race to seek to defend its title.

To the surprise of many, he arrived with low expectations for the Playoffs but showed off his candidate status again after beating Arquitectura (3rd) 3 to 0.

Semifinals identical to last year

In sport there is always revenge. And, as the rule goes, in the ladies’ Metro there was no exception. In 2023 the same crossings occurred in the semifinal. That time those who went to the great definition were Santa Bárbara and San Fernando.

In the first semi-final, Sanfer defeated GEBA 4-1, while, in the second round, Gonnet’s team qualified for their first and only final in history after beating Las Conejas 2-0.