Juventud San Cristóbal2 - 2Cooperativa Abasto

Juventud San Cristóbal and Cooperativa Abasto shared the points in a match where both sides bet on the same thing: controlling the game from a balanced shape that, in practice, produced an end-to-end spectacle with no winner. The 2-2 draw at San Cristóbal’s pitch reflected two teams who could neither close the defensive gaps nor fully capitalise on their periods of superiority. With similar set-ups and even temperaments, what might have been a tight tactical duel ended up as a film where the goals arrived without anyone truly convincing.

Bauti Zaffari opened the scoring for the home side from the left, netting a goal that showed why he remains an attacking reference at San Cristóbal. Octavio Cardozo, barely a youngster of twenty but with the confidence of someone who is comfortable with both feet, also found the visitors’ net. For Abasto, the experienced Chino Turi — with thirty-four years behind him but all the composure of someone who organises from the back — was willing to break lines and score. Maxi Scarpinato sealed the late equaliser for the Flores side, a right winger of twenty-six who needed nothing more than one chance. Mauricio Castelli in San Cristóbal’s midfield distributed the ball well, while Rubén Giménez, the eighteen-year-old youngster, provided an assist from midfield without fuss. Raúl Marín, the thirty-year-old left-back who saw football as the way out his cleaner mother never had, also supplied an assist.

The match left no winner, but nor were there any devastated losers. For San Cristóbal, two goals at home without being able to win hurts more than it does Abasto, who rescued a point away from home. The hosts had the control, but lacked that final precision which separates the winners from the resigned.

In the last 2 meetings between Juventud San Cristóbal and Cooperativa Abasto: 0 wins for Juventud San Cristóbal, 0 draws and 2 for Cooperativa Abasto.

• Cooperativa Abasto 2-1 Juventud San Cristóbal
• Cooperativa Abasto 1-0 Juventud San Cristóbal

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Juventud San Cristóbal (4-4-2): Ivo Bollini, Elián Valenzuela, Ariel Tamargo, Nahuel Saliba, Octavio Cardozo, Bauti Zaffari, Mauricio Castelli, Rubén Giménez, Rodolfo Villegas, Ian Rotondo, Cacho Ballarini.

Cooperativa Abasto (4-4-2): Theo Álvarez, Raúl Marín, Simón Bartoli, Cristian Basaldua, Polaco Zanchi, Santino Azkue, Santino Altzaga, Chino Turi, Maxi Scarpinato, Stefano Boldini, Genaro Yedlin.

In Primera L - GBA Norte, Juventud San Cristóbal are in position 3 with 48 points; Cooperativa Abasto are in position 12 with 37 points. See the full table

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Juventud San Cristóbal, with 1,891 fans. Home ground: Estadio Juventud San Cristóbal.

Cooperativa Abasto, with 1,583 fans. Home ground: Estadio Abasto.

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