Velez Sarsfield drew 1-1 as a visitor against River Plate and maintains leadership in the Argentine Soccer Professional League. With the tie on the eighteenth day of the tournament, Vélez reached 37 points in the table and is six ahead of its followers, Huracán and Talleres de Córdoba.
In the match played at the Monumental stadium in front of 80,000 fans, Vélez opened the scoring in the 26th minute through a header from Braian Romero. The team led by Marcelo Gallardo tied in the 49th minute thanks to a penalty scored by Colombian Miguel Ángel Borja.
For its part, Independiente de Avellaneda beat Lanús 2-0 as a visitor thanks to goals from Federico Mancuello and Paraguayan Gabriel Ávalos in the 54th and 79th minutes, respectively. “It was a very important victory against a very complicated rival and on their field. In the second half it was better and we were able to win it,” said Independiente footballer Kevin Lomónaco after the victory Lanús was left with one man less at 74 due to the expulsion of Luciano Boggio.
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In another match on Friday, Deportivo Riestra climbed to sixth place by beating Atlético Tucumán 2-0 at home with goals from Jonathan Herrera and Alexander Díaz. In addition, Central Córdoba from Santiago del Estero beat Independiente Rivadavia from Mendoza 2-0 at home, while Sarmiento from Junín and Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata tied 1-1.
