Boca Juniors The ‘post-Hugo Ibarra’ era premiered this Saturday with a 0-3 away win against ‘in one of the outstanding matches this Saturday in the continuity of the ninth day of the Argentine Soccer Professional League Tournament. The goals from Agustín Dattola, against his fence, Luca Langoni and Guillermo Pol Fernández, allowed the team led by the interim coach Mariano Herrón to add three points and reach 14 points, far behind the leader River Plate, which totals 21.
After the departure of Hugo Ibarra, now the ‘Xeneize’ will pay all their attention to the debut in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores against Monagas from Venezuela at the Monumental Stadium in Maturín.
In another match this Saturday, San Lorenzo and Independiente sealed a goalless draw at the Pedro Bidegain Stadium in the former, in a points distribution that left ‘Ciclón’ with 17 points as one of the shooting guards and ‘Red’ with just nine points.
Rosario Central, which thrashed Gimnasia 3-1 on Friday and Racing Club, which this Saturday won 2-1 against Huracán with goals from Paraguayan Matías Rojas and Gabriel Hauche -discounted Nicolás Cordero- also share second place with 17 points
Mateo Retegui, to the rescue of Tigre
In the remaining match this Saturday, Tigre achieved an agonizing 2-1 victory against Lanús with a goal at the last minute by Mateo Retegui, a brand new player for the Italian National Team who has just scored in the matches against England and Malta for the Qualifying for Euro 2024.
River Plate secured its first place in the standings on Friday with its 1-0 home win against Unión de Santa Fe with a goal from Nacho Fernández. On Friday, Estudiantes also thrashed Newell’s Old Boys 3-0, while on Thursday at the start of this ninth day Defensa y Justicia drew a scoreless scoreline with Vélez Sarsfield and Argentinos won 3-0 against Godoy Cruz de Mendoza.
The ninth day of the tournament will continue this Sunday with the Cordovan classic between Instituto and Talleres, while Colón will face Atlético Tucumán and Banfield will receive Platense. On Monday, already at the end of the day, Belgrano will host Sarmiento de Junín and Arsenal will visit Central Córdoba in Santiago del Estero.
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