There was no case with the big ones. It was a negative Sunday for the teams with the most history in Argentine soccer. They were not well received by the league on their first day. Mouth, Racing and San Lorenzo they could not…
The game in Tucumán cost the Xeneizes too much. This time their lateral markers, which always tend to stand out, did not work either in attack or defense. The team gave advantages at the back. And Atlético took advantage in the game and in the result. The winning goal was scored by Mateo Coronel around the half hour mark. The same Colonel had had another one wrongly canceled at the start.
Boca reserved some starters (including Edinson Cavani) for Wednesday’s decisive Sudamericana match against Fortaleza. And he only found some offensive depth in the final stretch, but there he collided three times with goalkeeper Tomás Durso. And he was left with nothing.
What happened to Racing was unusual. As a visitor, in Córdoba, he had started losing. However, he turned it around with football and many goals, until he went 4-1 up with goals from goalkeeper Nahuel Losada (the rebound after a missile from Santiago Sosa hit him in the back and he went in), from Roger Martínez twice (one of penalty) and Leonardo Sigali’s header.
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There were 15 minutes left and Racing won by three goals. Gustavo Costas made changes that blurred his team. Belgrano took advantage of it and reacted. He scored with a header from Mariano Troilo and then Franco Jara (he had scored the first) added two more goals and rounded off his hat-trick. Nobody in Racing could understand it. It was only explained by his defensive weaknesses.
San Lorenzo had the Libertadores in his head
Thinking about their crucial duel on Thursday for the Libertadores against Liverpool of Uruguay, San Lorenzo chose to put substitutes against the modest Deportivo Riestra, who scored in the 7th minute through Jonathan Herrera and then defended and fought. The Cyclone substitutes did not work. There was also no case with the income in the second half of some starters. And the story ended with the humble, newly promoted team celebrating the three points.
In the end, on the first day of the Argentine league, the only big team that won was River (on Saturday, 3-0 against Central Córdoba), whose coach Martín Demichelis had been whistled by his fans in the preview. Then, a draw, that of Racing, and three defeats (Boca, San Lorenzo and Independiente, which on Saturday fell 1-3 with Talleres). This is a story that has just begun.
