Estudiantes staged a comeback in the second half to defeat Gimnasia de Mendoza 2-1 in the match they played tonight at the Víctor Legrotaglie stadium, for the eleventh date of the 2026 Apertura Tournament. According to the Argentine News Agency, the home team took the lead with a goal from striker Agustín Módica in the second minute of added time in the first half, while midfielder Tiago Palacios scored a brace in the 14th and 20th minutes of the second half. With the victory, “Pincha” continues to be the second-best team in Zone A of the Apertura with 18 points, while the team coached by Ariel Broggie is thirteenth with nine points. In the next round, the team led by Alexander Medina will receive Central Córdoba on Monday, March 23 at 7:00 PM, while the Mendoza “Wolf” will visit Newell’s in a key match for survival on Saturday, 21 from 5:45 PM. The first clear chance of the game came from the visiting team at nine minutes, with a counter-attack from midfielder Alexis Castro, who assisted Tiago Palacios's shot from the right edge of the area, which went near the far post. At 22 minutes, a long, low shot from midfielder Fermín Antonini went near the right post of goalkeeper Fernando Muslera. The first goal of the night came at 44 minutes, in a play in which neither midfielder Mikel Amondarain nor defender Eric Meza could clear in their own area, allowing winger Franco Saavedra to cross a low center for Módica's shot. “Pincha” equalized on their first chance of the second half, at 14 minutes, with a long and very powerful shot from Tiago Palacios, 15 meters from the edge of the area, that entered through the right angle of goalkeeper César Rigamonti. Two minutes later, Meza tried a similar shot to Palacios's, although his shot was less angled and was deflected to the corner by the 38-year-old goalkeeper. At 20 minutes, striker Guido Carrillo brought down a center and served the shot to Palacios, who shot first, beat Rigamonti and made it 2-1. When 29 minutes of the second half had passed, striker Edwin Cetré had a long free-kick at the edge of the area and tried with a powerful shot that hit the crossbar.
