Surprisingly, Estudiantes beated Gimnasia 3-1 in a vibrant game. Stracqualursi scored twice but he missed a penalty and Juan Cuevas made the third goal. Veron was the responsible of the only goal for his team.
The game was played at the stadium of Gimnasia, with Nestor Pitana as referee and exclusively with local public, because in the previous match that was played at the stadium ‘Unique’, only Estudiantes’ fan were in the stands.
Teams:
Gimnasia: Gastón Sessa; Alvaro Ormeño, Rubén Maldonado, Ariel Agúero y Patricio Graf; Hernán Encina, Fabián Rinaudo, Luciano Aued y Diego Villar; Denis Stracqualursi y Marco Pérez. Coach: Diego Cocca.
Estudiantes: Agustín Orión; Clemente Rodríguez, Cristian Cellay, Leandro Desábato y Germán Ré; Enzo Pérez, Juan Sebastián Verón, Leandro Benítez y Marcelo Carrusca; José Sosa y Mauro Boselli. Coach: Alejandro Sabella.
Goals:
First Half: 45’ Denis Stracqualursi (G).
Second Half: 36’ Denis Stracqualursi (G), 43’ Juan Sebastián Verón (E), 47’ Juan Cuevas (G).
Subtitutions: 14’ Lucas Castro for Encina (G), 20’ Maximiliano Nuñez for Carrusca (E), 22’ Esteban González for Villar (G) and Juan Cuevas for M. Pérez (G), 30’ Marcos Rojo for Cellay (E)
At 7th minute of SH, Agustín Orión (E) caught a penalty of Denis Stracqualursi (G).
Referee: Néstor Pittana
Stadium: Gimnasia.
