Independiente walloped Tigre, the two Gimnasias had contrasting results and, on Sunday, there was more. River’s poor away form spilled over from the Apertura into the Clausura as they failed to find the net in Rosario against Newell’s. Boca enjoyed their first home match of the campaign but the headlines are reserved for Huracán, who bounced back from a poor opening weekend to claim the first win of Claudio Ubeda’s managerial tenure – against none other than the champions themselves.
Primera División A Torneo Clausura 2008, secound round
Banfield (D. Cvitanich 40; C. Lucchetti 66; N. Pavlovich 90) 3 -1 Racing Club (F. Sava 13)
Colón de Santa Fé (M. Cardetti 60; C. González 78, 90+1) 3 – 0 Arsenal de Sarandí (A. Matellán OFF 84)
Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (R. Civelli 3; J. Cuevas 74) 2 – 0 Rosario Central
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy 0 – 2 Estudiantes de La Plata (E. Pérez 11; P. Lugüercio 50)
San Lorenzo de Almagro 0 – 1 San Martín de San Juan (J. Brusco 90)
Olimpo de Bahía Blanca 0 – 2 Vélez Sársfield (G. Balvorín 41; S. Silva 59; G. Díaz OFF 64)
Independiente (S. Morero OG 22; D. Montenegro 37, 87; G. Machín 49; G. Denis OFF 29) 4 – 1 Tigre (N. Ayala 70; M. Giménez OFF 74)
Huracán (A. Sánchez 83) 1 – 0 Lanús
Newell’s Old Boys 0 – 0 River Plate
Boca Juniors (M. Palermo 21; R. Palacio 49; J. Dátolo 82; L. Gracián 90+3) 4 – 0 Argentinos Juniors
As ever, check back on Monday evening for all the goal videos. And apologies for the somewhat curtailed look of the coverage this week, we’ve got the builders in and the room my computer sits in absolutely bleeding freezing.
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Abreu is starting to look like a disaster signing. Admittedly it’s only been a couple of games, but they are structuring the attack around him and he is faltering. Carrizo had a fantastic game or it would have been another away loss.
Riquelme was awesome yesterday, the man was born to play in la Bombonera. I think it’s the only place in the world where he always rises above himself.
it is not hard to rise above himself. he is only 1.82 m.