The ‘Garnet’ ended with ten players due to the expulsion of Tomás Belmonte
Independiente suffered another hard setback when they fell 3-0 against Unión
Talleres de Córdoba lost this Saturday 2-1 in their visit to Lanús for the 21st day of the Professional League Tournament of Argentine soccer, and was ten units behind the leader River Plate, which is heading for its first title in the post-Marcelo Gallardo era.
With only six days to define the title, River totals 50 units after its 3-1 victory against Instituto de Córdoba last Thursdaywhile Talleres de Córdoba was left with 40 ahead of the 38 of San Lorenzo, the 37 of Lanús and the 36 of Estudiantes de La Plata.
Talleres, who came with seven wins in his last eight presentations, fell 2-1 on his visit to ‘La Fortaleza’ against Lanús with goals from Leandro Díaz and Cristian Lema, while the Colombian Diego Valoyes had opened the scoring for the visit.
The ‘Garnet’, which ended with ten players due to the expulsion of Tomás Belmonte, climbed to fourth position in the standings with this result.
In the other result registered this Saturday, Independiente suffered another hard setback when they fell 3-0 against Uniónin Santa Fe, with goals from Jerónimo Domina, Kevin Zenon and Imanol Machuca.
The ‘Red’, who suffered the expulsion of the Uruguayan Baltasar Barciawith this result it was in the basement of the classification with just 21 units only ahead of Huracán, Vélez, Banfield and Arsenal.
This 21st matchday, in addition to River Plate’s 3-1 win against Instituto on Thursday, already registered the hard setback of Boca Juniors as a visitor 4-0 against Godoy CruzRacing Club’s 1-1 draw against Barracas Central, the same result as Estudiantes with San Lorenzo, and Tigre’s 2-1 victory against Vélez Sarsfield, among other results.
The end of the day will be between Sunday with three duels: Arsenal-Platense, Rosario Central-Colón and Sarmiento-Atlético Tucumán; and Monday that will register a single party: Belgrano-Banfield.
