Independent of Avellaneda It is a solo leader in Group B of Argentine football by beating Saturday 4-0 at home to Godoy Cruz of Mendoza. With the triumph in the eleventh day of the Opening Tournament, the ‘Red’ reaches 24 points in the table of its group, two difference with Rosario Central and four above River Plate. “The fan does well to excite himself,” Independiente Technical Director, Julio Vaccari, told a conference.
The ‘Red’, leader of his group after winning Godoy Cruz
In the match played at the Libertadores de América stadium – Ricardo Bochini, Independiente’s goals were scored by Felipe Loyola twice at two and 18 minutes, Lucas Arce scored in his own goal at 25 and Paraguayan Gabriel Ávalos completed the win at 35.
On the other hand, at the Monumental Stadium, Rosario Central took an agonizing 2-2 draw in his visit to River Plate thanks to the goal of the young striker Santiago López, who reached the equalized at 85 minutes when he pushed the ball with the goal available after an assistance from Enzo Copetti.
Rosario Central opened the scoring at eight minutes through the Paraguayan Sebastián Ferreira, while River traced with goals from Lucas Martínez Quarta and Ian Subiabre at 18 and 61, respectively. In other parties on Saturday, Instituto de Córdoba beat San Martín de San Juan 1-0, while Central Córdoba of Santiago del Estero and Argentinos Juniors matched 1-1.
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