The garnets fall 2-1 on their visit to Avellaneda and drop to second position, although the first four all have 12 points
Matías Rojas and Gonzalo Piovi scored for the locals and Raúl Loaiza scored the visiting goal
lanus lost his unbeaten record against racingplaying as a visitor, for 2-1 and was placed after Defense and Justice, in the most outstanding game of the fifth day of the Professional Argentine soccer tournament. Those led by Fernando Gago ended the maroon team’s streak with a shot from outside the box from the extreme left Matías Rojas and a goal from defender Gonzalo Piovi, while Colombian central midfielder Raúl Loaiza scored the goal for Lanús.
25 minutes into the first half, Racing, with marked possession of the ball and armed with plays, intercepted a bad pass from the opponent, which the Paraguayan red He took the opportunity to shoot the goal about 25 meters away. And then, near the end of the first half, Lanús found equality thanks to Loaiza, who took advantage of a reluctant shot from a teammate to give the ball power with a right volley. However, in the 12th minute of the second half, piovi He launched a free-kick that went through the barrier and nailed the ball into the corner, impossible for the Lanús goalkeeper to reach, who launched himself to try to clear without success.
In this way, the ‘Academy’ prevailed against the leader, leaving with 8 points in ninth position, while Lanús was second with 12.
Another of the meetings of this day was the meeting between central barrackswhich he won playing at home for 0-1against Gymnastics and Fencing La Plata, in a duel where the VAR was the protagonist. The two opportunities for Gimnasia, which were cancelled, came during plays created by the left winger Benjamín Domínguez. In the first, the ball bounces off your hand before it hits the net. In the second, the referee marked an offside without the linesman raising the flag, however, the VAR confirmed the main decision. After the two goals canceled for “Lobo” by the video assistant referee, Christian Arce de Barracas scored the only goal of the game. This victory allowed “Handsome” to climb to twelfth position with 7 points and Gimnasia fall to twenty-second place with just 4.
Finally, the closing of this day was for Central Cordoba by 1-0 versus Argentine Juniors with a bit from the far right Cyrus Rius after the Cordovan club exploited a counterattack to leave the ball served in front of the goal.
