At the beginning of the final stretch of the Professional League Tournament of Argentine soccer, Atletico Tucuman remained at the top of the standings after beating this Sunday 3-1 Students from La Plata, Boca Juniors he is the only escort after beating at home by 0-1 to Godoy Cruz in Mendoza, and River Plate was relegated after losing on Saturday by 0-1 against Cordoba Workshops in its Monumental stadium.
The ‘Dean’ from Tucuman ratified his aspirations to win the first title in his history after achieving this Sunday night a great 3-1 win against Students from La Plata thanks to the double by Augusto Lotti and the rest by Mateo Coronel against a partial tie achieved by Leandro Díaz for the Pratenses.
After this victory for the twenty-first day of the competition, Atletico Tucuman adds 41 points in a spectacular campaign led by coach Lucas Pusineri that includes eleven wins, eight draws and just two losses.
Two points behind was Boca Juniors, who on Sunday with a squad very decimated by injuries, suspensions and players affected by their teams, won 0-1 against Godoy Cruz in Mendoza with the solitary goal of the youthful Luca Langoni.
The ‘Xeneeize’, who comes from winning the title in the Professional League Cup in the first half of the year he stringed together six wins and a draw in his last seven presentations to present himself as a serious contender for the crown of Tucuman ‘Dean’.
In the third step of the classification were Racing Club and Hurricane, both with 37 points, after their respective wins against Unión (2-1) and banfield (3-1) that allow him to dream of fighting for the championship until the end.
The ‘Academy’ of Avellaneda de Fernando Gago had to suffer to beat Union 2-1 with goals from Enzo Copetti and the Colombian Johan Carbonero in the 86th minute to unbalance a scoreboard that the Paraguayan had opened for the visit Junior Marabel.
The ‘Globo’, meanwhile, in the first match of this day on Friday had authoritatively defeated Banfield 3-1 with the conquests of Walter Perez, Rodrigo Cabral and the Uruguayan Matías Cóccaro, after the opening of the marker indicated by Alejandro Cabrera.
Gymnastics and River Plate They were the big losers of this day after their respective defeats at home against Tigre (0-1) and Talleres de Córdoba (0-1).
The ‘Lobo’ added his second setback in a row against a ‘Matador’ who won this Sunday with the Paraguayan goal Blas Armoa to leave the platense team in 36 points.
Even more relegated with 32 integers was River Plate after his fall on Saturday in the final minute against Cordoba Workshops, in the Monumental, thanks to the conquest of Diego Ortegoza.
In the same line with 32 points was Godoy Cruz after the loss against Boca on Friday and with 30 are located Tigre and Platense, who this Sunday tied 1-1 as a visitor with Central Rosary.
In other results of this twenty-first day, on Saturday Defense and Justice In Julio Vaccari’s debut as coach, he beat Patronato de Paraná 2-1, Sarmiento beat Arsenal de Sarandí 2-0, Lanús deepened the San Lorenzo crisis by beating it 2-0 and Independiente added their fourth win in a row to win 1-0 against Newell’s Old Boys.
On Sunday Velez garnered only his second victory of the tournament by beating Barracas Central 1-0 in a day that will be completed on Monday with two games: Colón-Argentinos Juniors and Aldosivi-Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero.
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