River Plate unexpectedly lost 2-1 on their visit to central barracks but it maintains a nine-point advantage over its escorts Talleres, which drew 1-1 with Godoy Gruz, and San Lorenzo, which defeated Rosario Central 1-0, in three outstanding games of the twenty-second day of the Professional League Soccer Tournament Argentinian.
The ‘Millionaire’ added his fourth defeat in the tournament by falling 2-1 against a rival that occupies the last places in the standings; Carlos Arce and Mauro Peinipil converted for the winner and the Colombian Miguel Borja discounted for the loser.
After this defeat, River is left with 50 points, nine behind Talleres, who suffered an agonizing 1-1 draw at home against Godoy Cruz with the conquest of the Uruguayan Michael Santos for the host and Tadeo Allende for the Mendocino team. Another who also reached 41 points was San Lorenzo, after their 1-0 victory against Rosario Central with a goal from Maicom Braida.
The remaining result of the Saturday day was the 1-1 tie between Estudiantes de La Plata and Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero, which left the La Plata team in fifth place with 37 points behind Lanús, which totaled 40 after yesterday’s victory by 1 -0 at home against Platense.
Friday also began the day with the victory of Vélez Sarsfield 1-0 against Arsenal de Sarandí and the victory by the same score of Atlético Tucumán against Unión.
The day will continue this Sunday with six matches where the match between Boca Juniors and Sarmiento de Junín at La Bombonera stands out, Colón’s duel against Racing Club and Independiente’s confrontation against Huracán.
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