River Plate lost 0-1 as a visitor against Argentines Juniors, in one of the two matches that marked the beginning of the fifth day of the Argentine soccer Apertura Tournament, which marked the second consecutive setback for the ‘Millonario’. With a solitary goal from Hernán López Muñoz, the ‘Bicho’ won against a River Plate that had the debut of the Ecuadorian Kendry Páez from the substitute bench and suffered a serious knee injury to Juan Carlos Portillo.
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River, which also suffered the expulsion of its coach Marcelo Gallardo after the end of the first half due to an ironic applause for referee Andrés Merlos, had just lost 1-4 at home against Tigre and after this new defeat was left with seven points in Zone B. Argentinos Juniors, with this victory, remains eight to five behind the leader Tigre, who this Thursday in the other match of the day beat Aldosivi from Mar del Plata 1-0, with the only goal from David Rosemary.
An ironic applause from Gallardo to the referee cost the coach his expulsion
The fifth day will continue this Friday with three matches: Independiente-Lanús, Unión-San Lorenzo and Defensa y Justicia-Vélez Sarsfield, while on Saturday there will be five duels with Banfield-Racing as the highlight. On Sunday there will be another four matches with Boca Juniors-Platense as the main event, and it will be completed on Monday with Deportivo Riestra-Newell’s Old Boys.
