Week 12 scores and scorers

San Lorenzo nearly let the final match of the weekend slip, conceding twice in the second half, but ran out 3-2 winners against Nueva Chicago. Combined with Facundo Sava’s last-minute equaliser for Racing in La Bombonera, this leaves Ramón Díaz’s side four clear at the top ahead of Boca, with Estudiantes a further two behind, [...]

He who laughs last…

Boca and Racing played a clásico ‘not apt for those with weak hearts’, as the Argentine phrase goes, which included no fewer than three penalties, and, before kick-off, the farewell of Guillermo Barros Schelotto to his adoring public.

At last!

Marco Rubén (second from left in the row of River shirts) finally had a decent match for River on Saturday – and it came against the club they bought him from, Rosario Central. Away from home in El Gigante del Arroyito, River won 2-0 thanks to two strikes from Rubén and not a lot else. [...]