Opening playoffs began with everything. San Lorenzo and Rosario Central were the first to take a ticket to the quarterfinals, with two agonized triumphs, and Platense was in charge of giving the first surprise of the final phase, by beating Racing 1-0.
The “Academy”, with the Plus of the locality, tried to assume the prominence, and generated several dangerous approaches to the arch of Juan Pablo Cozzanialthough it lacked clarity to transform those approaches into clear chances. He had a couple of auction to the arch, but found good responses from the goalkeeper.
The “squid”, meanwhile, opted to counterattack, and had the clearest chance of the first half: a header of Augusto Lotti That hit the stick. There was also a goal annulled to Ronaldo Martínez by advanced position.
In the second half, the procedure remained even. Racing, prisoner of despair, erred the roads and could hardly generate danger in the rival arch. Platense, patient, he approached several times to the arc of Gabriel Ariasand found a little more than five minutes from the end: Nicolás Orsiniby the head, a center of Guido Maineroenough to disrupt the goalkeeper and mark the 1-0 that would be final. It was even the team of Favio Orsi y Sergio Gómez He who had chances of expanding the advantage, although he did not get it.
Platense Batacazo, which after ending sixth in his area in the first phase, eliminated one of the candidates for the title. The “squid” now waits for River or Barracas in the quarterfinals.