The Avellaneda derby passed by peacefully and evenly, San Lorenzo stayed top after grinding out a win away to Newell’s, and River’s title challenge has finally been killed off once and for all by defending champions Estudiantes, who won in El Monumental with almost the last kick of the game. Boca did what they had to and defended solidly to get an away victory at Quilmes in the weekend’s final match, and the best result was for Lanús, who beat Colón 3-0. The results follow, and further down is a brief summary of the league table, as it stands with 4 matches to go. Check back tomorrow for the goal videos, as per usual.
Scores and scorers:
Argentinos Juniors 0 – 0 Rosario Central
Arsenal de Sarandí (C. Llama 26, 44) 2 – 2 Banfield (D. Cvitanich 1; M. Andrizzi 34)
Newell’s Old Boys 0 – 1 San Lorenzo de Almagro (S. Méndez 82)
Lanús (M. Romero 5; M. Aguirre 85; D. Lagos 90) 3 – 0 Colón de Santa Fé
Vélez Sarsfield 0 – 0 Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (M. Escobar OFF 88)
Racing Club (F. Sava 6; D. Crosa OFF 90+1) 1 – 1 Independiente (G. Rodríguez 31)
River Plate (A. Ortega OFF 46) 0 – 1 Estudiantes de La Plata (E. Maggiolo 90+3)
Nueva Chicago 0 – 0 Godoy Cruz de Mendoza
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy 0 – 0 Belgrano de Córdoba
Quilmes (D. Torres 45) 1 – 2 Boca Juniors (J. Dátolo 25; R. Palacio 30)
League table:
Position —Team ————- Played ———————– Points
1. San Lorenzo —————–15 ————————- 35
2. Boca Juniors —————–15 ————————- 32
3. Estudiantes de La Plata — 15 ————————- 32
4. Arsenal de Sarandí ———- 15 ————————- 26
5. River Plate —————— 15 ————————- 26
6. Argentinos Juniors ——- 15 ————————- 23
7. Lanús ———————- 14 ————————- 22
8. Godoy Cruz de Mendoza — 15 ————————- 21
9. Newell’s Old Boys ——– 15 ————————- 20
10. Vélez Sarsfield ———- 15 ————————- 19
11. Rosario Central ——— 15 ————————- 18
12. Gimnasia de Jujuy —— 15 ————————- 17
13. Colón de Santa Fé ——- 15 ———————— 16
14. Banfield ——————- 15 ———————— 16
15. Independiente ———– 15 ———————— 15
16. Belgrano de Córdoba —– 15 ———————— 14
17. Racing Club ————– 15 ———————— 14
18. Nueva Chicago ———- 15 ———————— 14
19. Gimnasia La Plata ——- 15 ———————— 13
20. Quilmes —————– 14 ————————- 9
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River were victimised by a HORRIBLE offside decision which ruled out a perfectly good Marco Ruben goal in the 91st minute. One would like to think that, had the goal been given, they would have marshalled the troops and held out for the 1-0 win. Burrito Ortega’s silly sending off early in the second half doomed what was otherwise shaping up to be a very fine effort. That’s two truly stupid red cards in the last two games. JP Carrizo was quite magnificent once again. He is likely down to his last couple of games in a River shirt.