Boca Juniors and Racing Club suffered respective defeats as visitors
Racing Club suffered a painful elimination from the Argentine Cup against Agropecuario
Platense was the only leader of the 2022 League Tournament after becoming the only team to achieve two wins in as many appearances, while Boca Juniors and Racing Club suffered respective defeats as a visitor against Central Córdoba De Santiago del Estero and Godoy Cruz de Mendoza.
Platense, whose main objective this semester is to maintain the category, won this Sunday as a visitor 0-1 against Vélez Sarsfield with Iván Gómez’s solitary goal, in a duel marked by the return of Mauro Zárate to the José Amalfitani Stadium with the ‘Calamar’ jersey.
This Sunday also marked the defeat of Boca Juniors in their visit to Central Córdoba in Santiago del Estero with a goal from Francisco González Metilli, while Agustín Rossi once again contained a penalty showing his great qualities in this area.
Racing Club experienced the same situation, which in the week suffered a painful elimination from Copa Argentina against Agropecuariowho gave up his undefeated record in the tournament by falling 2-0 to Godoy Cruz in Mendoza with a brace from Uruguayan striker Salomón Rodríguez.
In another of the attractive duels on Sunday, Colón and Unión sealed an entertaining 2-2 draw in a new edition of the Santa Fe classic played at the Brigadier General Estanislao López Stadium.
In other results of this second day, on Saturday River Plate recorded its second goalless draw in the tournamentthis time at home against Atlético Tucumán, where Bolivian goalkeeper Carlos Lampe had an outstanding performance, while on Friday Independiente added their first victory by beating Talleres de Córdoba 1-0 with a goal from Lucas Romero.
Also, on Saturday Newell’s Old Boys drew goalless with San Lorenzowhile Gimnasia won 2-0 against Patronato and Estudiantes beat Aldosivi 0-1 away from home in Mar del Plata.
After completing this second day, Platense leads the standings with six pointswhile six teams remain as escorts with four units: Gimnasia, Estudiantes, Tigre, Central Córdoba, Independiente and Newell’s Old Boys.
