Boca Juniors stretched his series without defeats to 15 games by beating this Wednesday by 0-1 to Sarmiento in Junin in one of the outstanding matches of the twenty-fifth round of the Argentine Professional Football League Tournament, which keeps ‘Xeneize’ as the only leader in the standings.
With a goal from the youthful Luca Langoni, decisive in the final stretch of the tournament, the team led by Hugo Ibarra took the three points from their trip to Junín and accumulates 48 with a pending match against Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata that will play next Wednesday .
Despite suffering a severe injury to his captain and emblem Marcos Rojo -torn cruciate ligaments in his right knee- and a penalty saved by the central defender himself, Boca was able to overcome these adversities and achieve a new victory that brings him closer to the two-time championship in the season after consecration in the last Professional League Cup.
racing clubmeanwhile, remains with 47 points to one of the leader after his victory as a visitor by 0-2 against Columbus in Santa Fe after goals from Enzo Copetti and Colombian Johan Carbonero.
Despite the worrying injury to Emiliano Vecchio and the controversy generated around the Colombian Edwin Cardona with his blood alcohol level, Fernando Gago’s team is excited about crowning the season with a title.
Atlético Tucumán ‘clicks’ against Rosario
Atlético Tucumán, meanwhile, wasted a penalty in the last minute and ended up drawing 1-1 at home with Rosario Central to move away and end up with 45 points to three behind Boca but with a more disputed game.
In another outstanding result of this date, River Plate won 2-1 against Platense on Wednesday, in what was the prelude to the great announcement made this Thursday by Marcelo Gallardo, who in a brief press conference announced that he will not continue to lead of the ‘Millionaire’ in 2023.
In this way, the ‘Muñeco’ ended a cycle of eight and a half years in the leadership of the club from the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Núñez, where he won 14 titles and, among them, two Copa Libertadores.
The victory against Platense left River with 44 points with a minimal chance of winning the title, although it will depend on the units that Boca can leave behind in its last three appearances.
In addition, Independiente on Tuesday tied 2-2 at home against Barracas Central, on the same day that San Lorenzo beat Gimnasia en La Plata 0-1 with an acrobatic goal from Paraguayan Adam Bareiro.
Aldosivi and Board of Trustees descend
On this day, the two relegations of the season were also consummated: first Aldosivi, after falling 0-1 to Banfield on Wednesday in Mar del Plata, and then Patronato de Paraná, despite their 0-1 victory against Lanús but not It was of no use after the victory of Arsenal de Sarandí this Thursday 2-0 against Central Córdoba.
In other results of this twenty-fifth date this Thursday, Vélez Sarsfield beat Talleres de Córdoba 2-1, Patronato won 0-1 away against Lanús, Godoy Cruz equalized with a blank scoreline against Argentinos Juniors and Tigre won in Rosario 0-2 against Newell’s Old Boys.
This Friday, in addition to the success of Racing Club in Santa Fe against Colón, Defensa y Justicia won 1-0 against Unión and Huracán defeated Estudiantes de La Plata 3-1.
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