August 28, 2022, 7:50 PM
August 28, 2022, 7:50 PM
Boca Juniors, with an unforgettable performance by the youthful Luca Langoni, scorer of the two goals, defeated Atlético Tucumán 2-1 on Sunday and added color to the 2022 League of Argentine soccer, in the most important match of the sixteenth date.
Augusto Lotti (16), with a header, put the Tucuman team ahead, that started better and for a while undressed the limitations of Boca without a convincing game proposal.
But the Dean ran out of physical rest in the second half, he went back too far in the field, and Boca, with ample possession of the ball and territorial control, tipped the balance until reaching the tie with a header from the youthful Luca Langoni (77), who placed the ball far from the Bolivian goalkeeper Carlos Lampe.
In the last minutes Boca fiercely attacked for the victory and at 87 minutes young Langoni again, 19 years old and with very few games in the first division, he sealed the final 2-1 with a right foot to the corner, after a series of rebounds.
The definition of the match was not lacking in controversy, because in stoppage time the Peruvian defender Carlos Zambrano seemed to commit a penalty in the Boca area, which would also have cost him the expulsion, but the referee Espinoza and the VAR ruled out the alleged infraction.
With this victory, Boca reaches 26 points and is six points behind Atlético Tucumán (32), who is still alone at the top, since his closest pursuers did not take advantage of the leader’s stumble to get closer.
Gymnastics and Sarmiento collided in a vital duel for both, one forced to win to seek first place and the other to improve his average, but they had to resign themselves to a 0-0 that did not help either, because the Wolf, with equality, missed the opportunity to reach the top to the tucumanos.
Independiente extended its losing streak and could not with the substitutes of Vélez Sarsfield, in a 1-1 draw in which Alan Soñora (11) put the Reds ahead but Lucas Pratto (89) allowed Vélez to rescue a point, who is still at the bottom of the table and without victories in their last twelve meetings.
The Uruguayan Alexander Medina, DT de Vélez, decided to take care of his starters and lined up an alternative formation, facing the first semifinal for the Copa Libertadores, which will be played on Wednesday in Buenos Aires against the powerful Flamengo.
In their mission to avoid relegation, Barracas Central added three valuable points at home by beating Colón 1-0, with an unfortunate action by Paolo Goltz (36, against) for the only emotion of the game.
