The ‘Matador’ is back! Tigre promoted to the First of Argentina

Tigre became this Monday the new promotion to the First Division of Argentine football. The ‘Matador’ reached that goal after beating Barracas Central (1-0) in the grand final of the Primera Nacional, played at the Florencio Solá Stadium.

The lonely goal of the night was scored by Cristian Zabala, 43 minutes into the first half, with a powerful shot from the right from outside the area. The midfielder, in this way, made the thousands of fans who gathered at the venue explode with emotion.

Tigre, who reached the final as the winner of Zone A with 60 points, returns to the senior division after two seasons in the Primera Nacional, to which he was relegated in 2019. In that year, Tigre won the Super League Cup in triumph against Boca Juniors.

Founded in August 1902, the ‘Matador’, participated in 55 seasons in the first, and on the international level reached the final of the Copa Sudamericana-2012, and has among some of its historical players Carlos ‘Chino’ Luna, Diego ‘Cachete’ Morales, Walter Montillo, Martín Galmarini, Juan Blengio and Edgardo Paruzzo.

On the way to this return to first, Tigre had as a great figure his scorer, Pablo Magnín, author of 22 goals in the championship, and other outstanding figures such as midfielder Sebastián Pedriger and link Lucas Menossi, while the coach is Diego Hernán Martinez.

On the other hand, Barracas Central, a club whose former president is Claudio Tapia, current president of the AFA, was left with the desire to return to the top category in which he played for the last time in 1930, before the beginning of the professional era. in Argentine soccer.

The ‘Handsome’, as Barracas Central is known, had ascended to the First National two years ago, after seven decades in the third and fourth categories of Argentine football. Although he failed to win the final, he will have one more chance in the playoff playoffs for the second promotion.

With information from APF.