Sunday’s and Monday’s matches in the Torneo Clausura and Nacional B (second division) saw some interesting results. Argentinos Juniors’ 0-0 draw with Atlético Rafaela wasn’t one of them, and Unión de Santa Fe beating Olimpo 2-0 didn’t do much apart from reinforce how crap Olimpo are either, but the others all mattered. San Lorenzo beat Arsenal de Sarandí 2-0, thus drawing clear of Tigre in the relegation table, who were held 1-1 away to Belgrano on Monday. Unión took a step towards ensuring their safety by defeating Olimpo 2-0, thus nailing one more nail into the increasingly secure coffin of the Bahía Blanca side. In the second division, River Plate drew 1-1 away to Aldosivi on Sunday, and Rosario Central’s 2-0 win away to Ferro Carril Oeste on Monday means those two are joint-second in the division. All those goals are right here.
Primera División Torneo Clausura 2012, twelfth round
Club Estudiantes de La Plata 0 – 2 Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield (F. Insúa 22; J.M. Martínez 34)
Club Atlético Lanús (C. Izquierdoz 16; M. Pavone 35; S. Romero 63) 3 – 1 Racing Club (V. Viola 84)
Club Atlético San Martín de San Juan (M. Carrusca 17) 1 – 0 Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba
Club Atlético Newell’s Old Boys (G. Ortíz OFF 84; M. Tonso 90+1) 1 – 1 Club Atlético All Boys (M. Matos 4; J.P. Rodríguez OFF 56)
Club Atlético Boca Juniors (S. Silva 35; J.M. Insaurralde OFF 39; C. Rodríguez OFF 80) 1 – 0 Club Atlético Colón (I. Moreno y Fabianesi OFF 90+5)
Club Atlético Independiente (O. Ferreyra 70; E. Farías 80) 2 – 0 Club Atlético Banfield
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro (J.M. Salgueiro 30; E. Gigliotti 78) 2 – 0 Arsenal Fútbol Club (C. Carobonero OFF 58; A. Alfaro (manager) OFF 57)
Club Atlético Unión (J. Velázquez 71; M. Donnet 82) 2 – 0 Club Olimpo
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors 0 – 0 Asocación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela
Club Atlético Belgrano (G. Farré 49) 1 – 1 Club Atlético Tigre (E. Maggiolo 21)
San Lorenzo 2 – 0 Arsenal
Unión 2 – 0 Olimpo
Belgrano 1 – 1 Tigre
Nacional B
Aldosivi 1 – 1 River Plate
Ferro Carril Oeste 0 – 2 Rosario Central
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