Torneo Apertura 2010: Boca finally win, and all the round 4 scores and scorers

Boca Juniors’ Apertura is going so poorly that it was almost inevitable. They’ve finally won a match, and the result is that their bitterest rivals River Plate remain top of the table, Boca having beaten previous joint-leaders Vélez Sarsfield 2-1 in La Bombonera. Elsewhere on Sunday, Olimpo got a narrow win over Racing in Bahía Blanca, Independiente lost at home to Arsenal de Sarandí thanks in part to an extraordinary goal for the visitors from Gonzalo Choy González, and River’s new striker Mariano Pavone came off the bench for his debut but couldn’t make the difference as the leaders drew 0-0 away to the champions, Argentinos Juniors, after a poor performance. You can watch all Sunday’s goals, and see the heroes and villains of the round, right here.

Primera División Torneo Apertura 2010, fourth round
Huracán (R. Zárate 19) 1 – 1 Newell’s Old Boys (M. Sperdutti 49)
Lanús (L. Zubeldía (manager) OFF HT) 0 – 0 Banfield
Tigre (M. Echeverría 9; D. Morales 79; D. Stracqualursi 80) 3 – 0 Quilmes
Colón (D. Díaz 30; C. Ledesma OFF 37; M. Bellone OFF 47) 1 – 3 Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba (J. Castillo 68; D. Ramírez 71; R. Salinas 76; J. Curbelo OFF 63)
San Lorenzo de Almagro (J.C. Menseguez 54; G. Pereyra 67; C. Tula 82) 3 – 1 All Boys (M. Matos 69; F. Sánchez OFF 59; C. Soto OFF 80)
Independiente (L. Galeano 89) 1 – 2 Arsenal Fútbol Club (S. Sena 60; G. Choy González 77)
Argentinos Juniors 0 – 0 River Plate
Boca Juniors (S. Battaglia 36; L. Viatri 66) 2 – 1 Vélez Sarsfield (S. Silva 85)
Club Olimpo (N. Bareiro 38) 1 – 0 Racing Club (M. Cahais OFF 63; P. Toranzo OFF 90+1)
Estudiantes de La Plata vs Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata still to be played, on the 29th September

Luis Zubeldía, the Lanús manager, was the first victim of a new AFA directive which, for some reason, states that managers arriving back to their bench late for the second half should be red-carded. Zubeldía was two minutes late back for the second half of the clásico del sur, and for that he’ll have to serve a mandatory five match ban. Blimey.

Independiente 1 – 2 Arsenal

Argentinos Juniors 0 – 0 River Plate

Boca Juniors 2 – 1 Vélez Sarsfield

Club Olimpo 1 – 0 Racing Club

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