Aurora de Coghlan and El Fortín de Villa Lugano put on a six-goal thriller in which both sides left points on the table. The 3-3 draw reflected two teams that refused to give way, though with spells of defensive confusion that neither fully managed to exploit. Both set up balanced formations and similar mindsets, which produced an open match where the forwards were constantly in the spotlight. This was not tactical elegance, it was end-to-end football where the full-backs gained ground and the midfielders failed to impose lasting control.
Enrique Trillini was Aurora's standout man: the 24-year-old striker scored twice and showed the spark that took him from Resistencia to Buenos Aires when he was just sixteen. Alongside him, Felipe Coelho netted the third with a contribution from the left that showed why the man from Mendoza is more than just a supporting winger. At the other end, El Fortín had Stefano Buti, Pepe Serrano and Xavier Terzi among the goalscorers. Buti, only twenty, confirmed that in Tandil they raise strikers with temperament. Serrano, a centre-back who dared to push forward from the back, and Terzi, a right-back just twenty years old who got his name on the scoresheet despite picking up a yellow card. Antonio Bianco pulled the strings from the visitors' midfield.
Octavio Rivero, Aurora's veteran left-back at thirty-one, could not prevent the match from slipping out of his hands during the chaotic passages. Maicol Paredes in the home side's back line had to work under constant warning. What was clear is that Aurora squandered a chance to take the three points at home, while El Fortín left the stadium unbeaten but knowing they had let a win slip away. Matchday 2 with the taste of a missed opportunity for both.
In the last 2 meetings between Aurora de Coghlan and El Fortín de Villa Lugano: 0 wins for Aurora de Coghlan, 1 draw and 1 for El Fortín de Villa Lugano.
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Aurora de Coghlan (4-4-2): Bruno Avanzi, Octavio Rivero, Nilo Curi, Maicol Paredes, Sergio Marchetti, Felipe Coelho, Xavier Altolaguirre, Gino Trentin, Gonzalo Ferreira, Enrique Trillini, Víctor Pietrzak.
El Fortín de Villa Lugano (4-4-2): Lionel Scarpinato, Nico Ruiz, Leandro Stefani, Pepe Serrano, Ian Casal, Emiliano Spinelli, Quique Schwartzman, Antonio Bianco, Xavier Terzi, Wilfredo Turrini, Stefano Buti.
In Primera L - GBA Sur, Aurora de Coghlan are in position 2 with 50 points; El Fortín de Villa Lugano are in position 4 with 47 points. See the full table
Aurora de Coghlan, with 1,750 fans. Home ground: Estadio Aurora de Coghlan.
El Fortín de Villa Lugano, with 1,554 fans. Home ground: Estadio El Fortín de Villa Lugano.
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