The eighth round of the 2009 Torneo Apertura finally ended on Monday night with the first match of Leonardo Astrada’s second spell in charge of River Plate. There wasn’t even the shortest of honeymoon periods, though – Independiente took a 3-0 lead by half time and only a Marcelo Gallardo penalty with a minute to go gave the hosts a consolation. It was Independiente’s first win in El Monumental in 13 years, and Américo Gallego’s first victory over River as a manager. All the other scores are right here as well…
Primera División Torneo Apertura 2009, eighth round:
Tigre (C. Luna 72; R. Arruabarrena 85) 2 – 2 Huracán (L. Trecarichi 13; R. Díaz 22)
Banfield (S. Silva 75) 1 – 1 Atlético Tucumán (L. Rodríguez 29)
Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba (L. Torres 46) 1 – 1 Newell’s Old Boys (M. Fórmica 17)
Colón (A. Ramírez 22; G. Rivarola 46; F. Bertoglio 65; J. Bauman 67) 4 – 1 Arsenal Fútbol Club (M. Pérez 48; J. Yacuzzi OFF 37)
Vélez Sársfield (M. Moralez 40) 1 – 0 Argentinos Juniors
Racing Club (P. Caballero 32) 1 – 2 Boca Juniors (L. Viatri 46, 60)
Chacarita Juniors 0 – 2 San Lorenzo de Almagro (D. Rivero 19; A. Gómez 49)
Rosario Central (J. Gómez 76) 1 – 1 Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (L. Castro 10)
Estudiantes de La Plata (M. Carrusca 22) 1 – 1 Lanús (C. Quintana 81)
River Plate (M. Gallardo 89) 1 – 3 Independiente (D. Gandín 10; I. Piatti 28; N. Silvera 33)
TN won’t be putting a Show de Goles until Tuesday, presumably, due to the River game only just having finished, so instead, this week, here are the goals from the rest of the weekend, with the River vs Independiente game in the separate video below the running order (the running order is the same as that of the matches above, but for those who don’t know which team is which I’m giving you the normal shirt colour rundown).
Tigre (blue & red) vs Huracán (white)
Banfield (black, green sash) vs Atlético Tucumán (sky blue & white stripes)
Godoy Cruz (blue, white pinstripe) vs Newell’s (red & black halves)
Colón (red & black halves) vs Arsenal (sky blue, red sash)
Vélez (navy, white ‘V’) vs Argentinos (red, white sash)
Racing (sky blue & white stripes) vs Boca (navy & gold)
Chacarita (white) vs San Lorenzo (navy & red stripes)
Central (blue & yellow stripes) vs Gimnasia LP (white & navy)
Estudiantes (horrible mustardy-yellow) vs Lanús (maroon)
And River (white, red sash) vs Independiente (red):
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This is the worst River team of my adult life. Hardly any of the current players deserve to wear the shirt. To think that not so long ago, players like Aimar, Sorin, Mascherano, Lucho, Saviola, D’Alessandro, etc wore the same shirt. What in the name of Zeus has happened?
River must be completely broke. Have they signed a player who provided any help whatsoever since Falcao ? As angry as their fans were yesterday, and with the squad they have now, it is likely to get much uglier at River before it gets prettier.