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Gimnasia Mendoza Secures Victory Against Instituto in Hard-Fought Match
Mendoza, Argentina – Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza secured an important home victory against Instituto de Córdoba in a match valid for the fourth round of the Liga Profesional Argentina. The match, played at the Estadio Víctor Legrotaglie and refereed by Luis Lobo Medina, was characterized by intensity and opportunities generated by both teams.
From the start, Instituto showed their intention to dominate the game, achieving a slight advantage in ball possession with 53% compared to Gimnasia’s 47%. However, the first scare came early, with a yellow card for C. Rigamonti of Gimnasia in the 9th minute. Controversy arose in the 22nd minute when a goal by E. Muñoz for Gimnasia was disallowed for offside after a VAR review.
The match continued at a frenetic pace, and in the 41st minute, A. Luna of Instituto also received a yellow card. In the second half, Gimnasia found the key to goal in the 73rd minute thanks to F. Lencioni, who took advantage of an assist from S. Rodriguez to put the score at 1-0.
Despite Instituto’s efforts to equalize, another goal, this time by J. Galvan in the 82nd minute, was disallowed for offside after VAR intervention, frustrating the aspirations of the Cordoba team.
Regarding overall statistics, Gimnasia Mendoza had 12 shots (5 on target) compared to Instituto’s 10 shots (4 on target). In addition, Instituto surpassed Gimnasia in corner kicks, with 7 compared to 3. In fouls, Gimnasia committed 12, while Instituto committed 8.
Ultimately, Gimnasia took the victory at home, adding three important points in their fight to climb positions in the Liga Profesional Argentina table.
Substitutions instituto cordoba: at minute 46 N. Guerra came in and H. De La Fuente went out., at minute 65 G. A. Lodico came in and J. Lazaro went out., at minute 71 G. Abregu came in and F. Moyano went out., at minute 80 D. Sosa came in and M. Fonseca went out., at minute 80 G. Cerato came in and M. Gallardo went out.
Substitutions gimnasia m.: at minute 61 V. Simoni came in and S. Rodriguez went out., at minute 61 J. Franco came in and L. Paredes went out., at minute 65 J. Ceballos came in and T. O’Connor went out., at minute 65 A. Modica came in and B. Ferreyra went out., at minute 81 U. Sanchez came in and D. Mondino went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Gimnasia M.
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Instituto Cordoba
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