Defense and Justice tied this Monday against Arsenal on the seventh day of the Argentine Professional Football League Cup and was one point behind Racing Club, leader of Zone A with 15. The Academy leads Zone A with 15 points, followed by Defense and Justice and Union with 14. River Plate, with 13, occupies the last qualifying place for the quarterfinals when the seventh day was partially played, which ends this Tuesday.
Defense and Justice beat Arsenal 1-0 from four minutes on with a penalty goal from Adonis Frías. At 72 minutes, when Halcón was already playing with one less due to the expulsion of Nazareno Colombo, Gonzalo Goñi scored the 1-1. The result of this interzonal classic leaves Arsenal tenth in Zone B with seven points. Students from La Plata and Boca Juniors lead this group with 14 points, followed by Tigre and Colón with 12 and Aldoivi and Huracán with 10.
In the other game played this Monday, the Argentine Juniors by Gabriel Milito beat Velez 1-0 by Mauricio Pellegrino with a goal by Fausto Vera. El Bicho was seventh in Zone A with eleven points, only two away from the classification zone. Vélez, on the other hand, is still last in Zone B with six points out of a possible 21.
The seventh day will end this Tuesday with the Atlético Tucumán-Central Córdoba and Talleres-Godoy Cruz matches.
