Acassuso eliminates Real Pilar on penalties in Primera B semifinal

Acassuso advanced to the Primera División B final after drawing 1-1 with Real Pilar in the semifinal and winning on penalties. Goals came from Mathías Crocco for Real Pilar and David Escalante for Acassuso, but misses in the shootout sealed the home team's exit.

The matchup between Real Pilar and Acassuso in the second semifinal of the Primera División B took place at the Municipal de Pilar Stadium, with Real Pilar as the home team. The game kicked off at 20:30 Argentina time and was broadcast live on DGO. The first half ended 0-0, with balanced possession but no shots on goal.

In the second half, Mathías Crocco scored for Real Pilar at the 6th minute, giving the home side the lead. However, in stoppage time at the 49th minute, David Escalante equalized for Acassuso, leading to a penalty shootout. Throughout the second half, several substitutions occurred: for Real Pilar, Ariel Barreiro, Joaquín Ochoa Giménez, Brian Martín, Marcos Riquelme, and Luis Monge came on; for Acassuso, Tomás Habib, Yair Gómez, Bruno Miño, Jonathan Raccio, and Santiago Scacchi entered. Yellow cards were shown to Juan José Rodríguez (Real Pilar, 30' PT), David de Estefano (Acassuso, 19' ST), and Bruno Miño (Acassuso, 29' ST), with no red cards.

In the penalty shootout, Real Pilar only converted one with Matías Cano, while Marcos Riquelme, Luis Monge, and Ariel Otermín missed. Acassuso succeeded with David Escalante, Alex Ruiz, and Jonathan Raccio, winning 3-1. Final stats indicated 50%-50% possession, one shot on goal per team, and two yellows for Acassuso against one for Real Pilar. Thus, Acassuso advanced to the final, knocking out Real Pilar in a tense finish.

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