Tuesday evening saw the continuation of the second round the 2011 Torneo Apertura in the Primera División, and the conclusion of the first round of matches in the Nacional B (second round). San Martín de San Juan beat Tigre 2-1, and later in the evening River Plate won their first second division match in over a century 1-0, against Chacarita Juniors. Argentinos Juniors and Independiente drew 0-0, whilst Lanús manager Gabriel Schurrer was given a great birthday present; his side won 1-0 for the second time in this championship, with Diego Valeri coming off the bench in the second half. All the goals from all those matches are right here.
San Martín 2 – 1 Tigre
Lanús 1 – 0 Independiente
Irony of ironies. Mariano Pavone played well for River Plate last season, but could barely score for the life of him. On the day River made their debut in the Nacional B – partly thanks to chances he failed to put away at times – Pavone came off the bench for his new club Lanús and scored the winning goal with virtually the last touch of the match.
(Nacional B) River Plate 1 – 0 Chacarita Juniors
Argentinos Juniors 1 – 1 Newell’s Old Boys
I’d be interested to hear HEGS readers’ opinions on River here. I’m including their goal video this time because of the historical nature of their first non-top flight match in over a century, and because I think there will be enough interest in the event. At the same time, I’m aware that I don’t normally include second division matches in these goal roundups. I’m sure readers will understand why River will receive more attention than anyone else in the Nacional B this season (not only on HEGS, but in the wider media), but I’d be interested to know what the wider consensus is on posting their goal videos regularly, when other second division games are unlikely to get the same treatment. Please reply in the comments.
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Hasta El Gol Siempre 
thank you sir for your great efforts on covering all the argentinian teams and competetions ..
i’m a regular reader for your posts and analyeses as i’m a fan of the argentina football
posting goles for the river plate from the seconed division will attract more readers and followers
as your great posts cover this big club journey in the dark division ..
i’m not a river fan .. niether boca .. but i enjoy watching them both ..
and with you covering the both .. i don’t think that anybody will be upset or feel different ..
specially from the fans of the seconed division teams ..
from kuwait with big thanks ..
adel
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i guess an ascenso match of the day would work. and if they all played like garbage, just say so and choose which ever one is noteworthy, ie richard caruso lombardi gets another soundbyte worth its quote in gold, and sending off…
Thanks for the River love… we’re suffering here…
Keep posting River videos.
I’d appreciate you posting River Plate goals on a regular basis this season Sam. :)
Echoing what others have said here Sam, would appreciate it if you could keep us up to date with River’s progress in National B this season, it’s probably the biggest story in Argentine football this year so totally justified (even if I say that as a River fan). Especially interested on how Cavenaghi and Chori Dominguez do back at the club. Cheers for all the good work on the site and the top drawer podcast… WTF is Fernet anyway???