After beating Vélez Sarsfield on penalties, captains José Sosa and Santiago Ascacibar asked the Chilean midfielder to lift the trophy alongside them.
Estudiantes de La Plata beat Vélez Sarsfield in a dramatic penalty shootout and won the Argentine Football League Cup . Pincharrata’s team could not count on Javier Altamirano on the field, but it did in the delegation that traveled to Santiago del Estero to play the final.
Even if he did not play the decisive match, The Chilean added his second title in trans-Andean football after winning the Argentine Cup in 2023. . Of course, he has a special feeling because of the thrombosis of the superior longitudinal sinus of the brain which affected him during a match against Boca Juniors, causing convulsions, and which kept him away from the field for a month and a half . .
In this sense, the day was marked by an emotional image. Captain José Sosa called Altamirano to lift the trophy with him and Santiago Ascacibar, second captain and another leader of the team.
After the match, the midfielder expressed his feelings after what happened: “It makes me very happy to be here. I feel part of it. We are a very good human group and that speaks well of Estudiantes. I’m grateful to have arrived at this club “, he indicated. “Domínguez was always with me. It’s very human. I thank him and his coaching team. “, he stated.
The national was not part of the call, since He resumed training on May 2 although he accompanied his team in the delegation that went to Santiago del Estero .
Before the final, Altamirano broke the silence and spoke for the first time about the situation he suffered. “For the moment I train without contact or friction, I only do movement to regain strength and aerobic capacity. Being able to be with my teammates is already a huge step,” he began by saying, in dialogue with Cielosports.
“I am a person who keeps a low profile. I was very struck by the fans’ affection for me, my partner and my family. Their support was a positive emotional boost that gives me extra motivation for what is to come,” added the midfielder.
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