Racing Club beat Platense at the Ciudad de Vicente López stadium by 0-1
Godoy Cruz fell 3-1 in his visit to Barracas Central
With a twentieth day barely begun, Racing and River added tight 0-1 away wins this Sunday against Platense and San Lorenzorespectively, to go up in the classification and not get out of the fight for the title of the Professional League of Argentine soccer.
In the first round of this Sunday, River Plate returned to victory by beating San Lorenzo at the ‘Nuevo Gasómetro’ stadium with goal by defender Emanuel Mammana to reach 32 points and stay four behind the leader Atlético Tucumán.
After two consecutive defeats, one of them in the superclásico against Boca Juniors, the team led by Marcelo Gallardo regained its smile and add three units to not get out of the dispute for the crown.
While, Rubén’s ‘Cyclone’ Darío Insúa suffered a setback that distances him from the possibility of fighting for entry to the next edition of the Copa Sudamericana.
In the last shift this Sunday, meanwhile, Racing Club despite finishing the match with two players less due to the expulsion of the Chileans Gabriel Arias and Eugenio Mena, they ended up beating Platense at the Ciudad de Vicente López stadium by 0-1 with the goal converted by Maximiliano Romero.
In this way, Fernando Gago’s ‘Academy’ climbed to fourth position of the table with 34 units and remains expectantly awaiting the presentations of the leader Atlético Tucumán, this Tuesday against Central Córdoba in Santiago del Estero, and his escorts Boca Juniors, on Monday at home against Huracán, and Atlético Tucumán, also on visiting Monday of Argentinos Juniors.
In other results recorded for this twentieth day, on Saturday Godoy Cruz suffered a serious setback after losing 3-1 in his visit to Barracas Central while Sarmiento deepened Newell’s Old Boys’ crisis by defeating them 0-1 away to Rosario.
This Sunday, meanwhile, Tigre prevailed 2-0 against a devalued Vélez Sarsfield, Lanús kept a new edition of the classic of the south of the Buenos Aires suburbs by beating Banfield 1-2 at home, and Talleres defeated Colón de Santa Fe 2-0.
This Monday, in addition to the presentations of the escorts Boca and Atlético Tucumán, the match program includes three other duels: Arsenal-Aldosivi, Union-Independent and Students-Defense and Justicewhile on Monday, aside from the presentation of the surprising Gimnasia leader, Patronato-Rosario Central will face each other.
