River Plate achieved a valuable 2-0 away win over Lanús on Saturday that allowed him to climb to the first place in the Professional League-2023 of Argentine soccer, in a controversial match.
The red band club celebrated with goals from José Paradela (25) and Lucas Beltrán (87), in a match that ended with incidents and the anger of Lanús fansafter referee Darío Herrera disallowed two goals for the maroon team.
River was winning 1-0 when Herrera, at the behest of the VAR, decided to annul what would have been Lanús’ tie, through a header from Cristian Lema (59), understanding that the Paraguayan José Canale was interfering with goalkeeper Franco Armani’s vision, an action that for all of Lanús was a misinterpretation .
For the excessive protests and for insulting the referee, Frank Kudelka was expelledthe coach of Lanús.
Already in stoppage time, Herrera once again canceled a goal for Lanús, this time scored by Franco Orozco (90+8), for offside at the beginning of the play, in an indisputable resolution.
The player Enzo Díaz, from River, was hit by a bottle that fell from the stalls while he was going to the locker room, and the referee Herrera had to wait several minutes and be protected by the shields of a police guard when leaving the playing field.
With this victory, achieved with more effectiveness than brilliance and with goalkeeper Franco Armani As a figure with a couple of decisive saves, River joined the large group of teams that lead the table, with 12 points, along with their defeated Lanús, Defensa y Justicia, Talleres and San Lorenzo.
Platense and Central Córdoba, who are around the bottom of the table, had to settle for a 1-1 draw in the north of Buenos Aires, with annotations by Gastón Suso (73) for ‘Calamar’ and Lucas Gamba (84) for the side of Santiago.
There were no emotions in La Plata, where Gimnasia and Colón drew 0-0 in a lackluster matchup and with few arrivals in the areas.
On Friday night, Sarmiento reacted after an adverse start and thrashed Rosario Central 4-1 with goals from Javier Toledo (70), Lisandro López (75 and 88) and Lucas Melano (83), while Gino Infantino (7) had put Rosario ahead.
In addition, Unión extended the bad moment of Estudiantes, which they beat 2-0 with goals from Oscar Piris (51) and Imanol Machuca (70), to celebrate the first victory of the tournament and give the Uruguayan coach Gustavo Munúa a break, highly questioned after the weak start of the “tatengue”.
These are the results of the sixth date of the Argentine League:
-Friday:
Union-Students 2-0
Sarmiento-Rosario Central 4-1
-Saturday:
Platense-Central Córdoba 1-1
Gymnastics and Fencing-Colón 0-0
Lanús-River Plate 0-2
Atlético Tucumán-Banfield Later
Newell’s-Barracas Central Later
-Sunday: Independent-Institute
Hurricane-St. Lawrence
Talleres-Vélez Sarsfield
Tigre-Argentinos Juniors
-Monday:
Godoy Cruz Racing
Arsenal-Belgrano
Mouth-Defense and Justice