Boca defeats Lanús 0-1 and becomes provisional leader after five consecutive victories
The ‘Millionaire’, touched after losing to the eternal rival, was beaten 1-2 at home
Boca Juniors achieved this Wednesday a valuable triumph by 0-1 on his visit to Lanuswhile River Plate did not recover from the defeat in the superclásico and fell at home by 1-2 in view of banfield in the continuity of the nineteenth day of the Argentine Professional Soccer League Tournament.
With a goal from Darío Benedetto in the final minute of the match, Xeneize added its eleventh victory and the fifth in a row in the tournament to temporarily lead the standings with 35 points, one more than Atlético Tucumán, who this Thursday will host Talleres, and two more than Huracán and Gimnasia, the latter being local on Thursday against Arsenal de Sarandí. As in the superclassic, Benedict he scored the only goal for Boca for a new victory that allows him to dream of the possibility of repeating the local League Cup title achieved in the first half.
Meanwhile, River Plate suffered another defeat after Sunday’s loss at the Bombonera, losing 1-2 at the Monumental against Banfield, with goals from Alexander Cabrera Y Julian Palacios for the winner and the Colombian Miguel Borgia for the host. After this adverse result, the Millionaire was relegated to the eighth position with 29 points together with Platense and Newell’s Old Boysthe latter after the victory this Wednesday by 1-2 in view of Aldosivi in Mar del Plata.
In the remaining result of this day, Colón and San Lorenzo equalized goallessso that the Cyclone adds 27 points and the ‘Sabalero’ remains in the basement of the classification with 19.
The day began on Monday with Independiente’s 1-2 victory against Sarmiento de Junín, and continued on Tuesday with Huracán’s 1-1 draw with Barracas Central and Godoy Cruz with Tigre, plus Platense’s 1-0 victories over Unión and Racing Club before Board of Trustees. This nineteenth day will be completed this Thursday with the aforementioned Atlético Tucumán-Talleres, Gimnasia-Arsenal, added to the Defense and Justice-Argentinos Juniors and Rosario Central-Estudiantes crosses.
