“Lautaro Gomez scores from a rebound after his side won a corner, giving Banfield a shock lead right before the break, assisted by Santiago Lopez.”
Pivotal“Ivan Tapia steps up and converts a penalty to level the score at 1-1, rewarding Barracas Central's sustained pressure and control of the game.”
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Banfield
Barracas Central
Banfield went into the break ahead against the run of play, with Lautaro Gomez pouncing on a rebound from a corner to make it 1-0 at 45 minutes despite Barracas Central already asserting control. The visitors dominated the ball throughout, racking up 64% possession and doubling Banfield's passing numbers, and that pressure eventually told when Ivan Tapia converted a 62nd-minute penalty to level things up. Banfield's approach was built on physicality and disruption rather than possession, committing 17 fouls to Barracas Central's 5 and out-tackling their opponents 26 to 17, but they managed just enough at the other end with 4 shots on target from only 8 attempts. Both sides made wholesale changes after the goal-fest phase, with five substitutions between minutes 73 and 87 failing to produce a winner, leaving a share of the points that arguably suited the more clinical hosts more than the dominant visitors given the underlying numbers.
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Matias Hernandez comes on for Alexander Nicolas Machado Aycaguer.
Jhonatan Candia comes on for Norberto Briasco.
Corner awarded.
Yellow card for Tomas Adoryan.
Yellow card issued to Tomas Adoryan.
Lisandro Pinero comes on for Lautaro Gomez.
Fabio Enrique Alvarez is on, and Tomas Adoryan is off.
Corner awarded.
Rafael Barrios takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Nicolas Capraro is on, and Tomas Porra is off.
Substitution: Federico Medina comes on for Santiago Lopez.
Offside.
Corner awarded.
Norberto BriascoVAR decision confirms that there is no penalty for Norberto Briasco.
Norberto Briasco takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Shot by Alexander Nicolas Machado Aycaguer with his left foot, but it's saved.
Iván TapiaShot! Ivan Tapia scores with a right-footed shot.
Goal in the penalty shootout! Ivan Tapia scores, making it 1-1.
Rodrigo Insua replaces Elias Pereyra.
Enzo Taborda replaces Kevin Jappert.
Adrian Balboa takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Gonzalo Maroni takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Norberto Briasco takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Corner awarded.
Substitution: Rafael Barrios comes on for Damian Alberto Martinez.
Tomas Porra takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Lautaro Gomez scores with a left-footed shot.
First half ends with the score at 1-0.
assist: Santiago López García
Goal! Lautaro Gomez scores to make it 1-0, assisted by Santiago Lopez.
Shot by Alexander Nicolas Machado Aycaguer with his left foot is saved.
Corner awarded.
Tomas Adoryan takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Offside.
Gonzalo Maroni takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Ivan Tapia takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Adrian Balboa takes a left-footed shot that hits the post.
Alexander Nicolas Machado Aycaguer takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Norberto Briasco takes a left-footed shot, but it is saved.
Tomas Porra takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Corner awarded.
Kick-off! The referee is Zunino Sebastían.
Banfield look to snap a three-match league losing streak when they host Barracas Central at El Lencho, though a Copa Argentina shootout win offers a confidence boost. Both sides sit in the lower-mid table of Zona B and know a win here could kickstart their playoff push in the Clausura.
