Buenos Aires, March 3 (NA) – Huracán defeated Belgrano 3-1 in a crucial match for qualification in Zone B, played at the Tomás Adolfo Ducó stadium for the eighth date of the 2026 Apertura Tournament. According to the Argentine News Agency, the home team's goals were scored by forwards Tahiel Peralta, with a brace, and Oscar Cortés, while midfielder Franco “Mudo” Vázquez scored with a great goal, his second since his return to Argentine football. With the win, the “Globo”, who had to play behind closed doors as a precaution due to collapses in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Parque Patricios, reaches fifth place in Group B with 12 points, while the team coached by Ricardo Zielinski is third with 15 points and having lost their unbeaten streak. With the ninth matchday postponed until May, the next match for the team coached by Diego Martínez will be at home against River on Thursday, March 12 at 21:30, while the “Pirate” will visit Estudiantes de Río Cuarto on the same day, starting at 19:15. The first goal of the match came in the 13th minute, with a run from the right to the center by Tahiel Peralta, who reached the edge of the area and slotted in a low, crossed shot for 1-0. The 2-0 was scored seven minutes later, with a high recovery by Colombian Oscar Cortés, who cut in on his left foot and fired a powerful shot that went in through the right post of goalkeeper Thiago Cardozo. When the second half was 11 minutes in, Peralta received on the left, turned elegantly towards the center, and opened his right foot to place his shot against the left post of Cardozo. In the 21st minute, “Mudo” Vázquez controlled the ball a few meters from the edge of the area, got rid of a rival as he prepared to shoot with his left foot, and shook the net with a very powerful shot that went in through the right angle of goalkeeper Hernán Galíndez. A foul inside the area granted a penalty to the “Pirate” in the sixth minute of stoppage time, in which the home goalkeeper managed to stop a powerful shot to his right post, at mid-height.
