The blue and gold team has already chained three consecutive defeats
On Sunday the Avellaneda classic will be played between Racing and Independiente
Boca Juniors could not end the bad streak this Saturday and fell to Estudiantes 0-1while Defensa y Justicia defeated Instituto 1-0 and climbed to third position in the Professional League Tournament of Argentine soccer.
Those directed by the new coach ‘xeneixe’, Jorge Almirón, they failed to break equality throughout the match and they suffered during the last minutes of the second half because of the Estudiantes striker, Mauro Boselli, who kicked the backboard with a spectacular scissor kick.
During the first part, Boca played defensively rejecting the plays of Pinchaafter halftime they grew in volume of play and dominated the ball more thanks to the entry of Sebastián Villa, but without generating clear chances of scoring.
Under this result, the blue and gold team added three consecutive defeatsdescending to eighteenth place with 14 integers.
For its part, the Institute did not make it easy for Defensa y Justicia, who had to sharpen their claws for each ball in their field and fight against offside when trying to attack. However, striker Nicolás Fernández received a cross that allowed him to place the ball out of the goalkeeper’s reach.
The VAR validated the first goal, but not the second goalIn any case, it was enough for the ‘Halcón’ to rise to third place with 21 points, behind the escort, San Lorenzo, with 23, and the leader, River Plate with 27 points.
Another of the teams that gave the bump was Belgrano, after defeating Gimnasia de la Plata 0-2 with a double from Pablo Vegetti and managing for his club the fourth position in the table with 21 points.
The team led by Sebastián Romero It comes from beating Racing and losing by a landslide at the Monumental, in addition to having a setback in his debut in the Copa Sudamericana against Universitario de Perú 1-0.
In the last duel this Saturday, Argentinos Juniors tied without goals and with a man less against Huracán in a game that was prolonged due to the large number of fouls committed on both sides of the pitch.
The Argentine soccer show will continue on Sunday, where the Avellaneda classic between Racing and Independiente will be highlightedthe arrival of River Plate in Rosario to face Newell’s and San Lorenzo in Talleres.
