Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta and San Martín de San Juan drew 1-1 in the match they played tonight at the Gigante del Norte stadium, for the eighth date of the Primera Nacional 2026. According to the Argentine News Agency, the home team's forward Lautaro Gordillo opened the scoring in the 36th minute, while defender Hernán Zuliani headed the final 1-1 in stoppage time of the second half. The draw leaves the Salta team in sixth place in Zone B with 11 points, and they will have to face Chacarita as visitors in the next round on Sunday, April 12, at 15:30. Meanwhile, the 'Santo' from San Juan is thirteenth with seven units and will have to play in the next round, receiving Atlanta, on Monday 13 starting at 21:00. In a match with few plays of risk, the home team opened the scoring in the first minute of the match, when Gordillo captured the rebound of a one-on-one missed by attacker Jonás Aguirre and defined with a first touch from the edge of the area for the 1-0. In the 36th minute, it was Gordillo himself who was left in a one-on-one against goalkeeper Sebastián Díaz Robles, although his low shot went very close to the first post, but deflected. In 45 minutes of the first half, a cross from the right by midfielder Facundo Nadalin allowed a good header from defender Hernán Zuliani, who surprised by appearing inside the rival area and converted through the goalkeeper Federico Cosentino's left post. In a second half with few risk arrivals, the clearest was from the visiting team: in 42 minutes, a back cross from winger Carlo Lattanzio set up midfielder Sebastián Jaurena, who defined from the floor, in the small area, over the crossbar.
