The fifth round of the Torneo Inicial saw no shortage of goals, all of which you can see right here. The round began with a 3-1 home win, and ended with one; All Boys (over Unión) and Racing (over San Martín de San Juan) were the victors in question, with the latter courtesy of a hat trick from young forward Luciano Vietto. In between, there was a creditable point for River Plate away to Colon, a 2-1 win for Boca Juniors over Atlético Rafaela, and champions Arsenal de Sarandí got a 1-0 win over Lanús. All the details and the goals are right here.
Primera División Torneo Inicial 2012, fifth round
Club Atlético All Boys (M. Morel 24; J.P. Rodríguez 30; I. Borghello 50) 3 – 1 Club Atlético Unión (M. Donnet 18; P. Magnín OFF 88)
Club Atlético Newell’s Old Boys (G. Martino (manager) OFF HT; V. López OFF 90; I. Scocco 90+3) 1 – 0 Club Estudiantes de La Plata (R. Braña OFF 80)
Arsenal Fútbol Club (J.P. Caffa 46) 1 – 0 Club Atlético Lanús (M. Fritzler OFF 75)
Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield (F. Cubero 31; S. Rodríguez OG 71; F. Ferreyra OFF 84) 2 – 1 Club Atlético Belgrano (M. Zapata 32; G. Turus OFF 87)
Club Atlético Tigre (D. Castaño 18, OFF 51) 1 – 1 Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro (L. Aguiar 22; F. Jara OFF 63; R. Caruso Lombardi (manager) OFF 65)
Club Atlético Boca Juniors (L. Viatri 24, 69) 2 – 1 Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela (S. Carrera 65)
Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba (D. Ramírez 44, 90+2) 2 – 1 Club Atlético Independiente (C. Tula 35)
Club Atlético Colón (R. Ramírez 69) 1 – 1 Club Atlético River Plate (G. Pezzella 88)
Quilmes Atlético Club 0 – 1 Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors (L. Barrera 73)
Racing Club (L. Vietto 40, 59, 69; J. De Olivera OFF 88) 3 – 1 Club Atlético San Martín de San Juan (C. Riaño 47)
All Boys 3 – 1 Unión
Newell’s 1 – 0 Estudiantes
Arsenal 1 – 0 Lanús
Vélez 2 – 1 Belgrano
Tigre 1 – 1 San Lorenzo
Boca 2 – 1 Rafaela
Godoy Cruz 2 – 1 Independiente
Colón 1 – 1 River
Quilmes 0 – 1 Argentinos
Racing 3 – 1 San Martín
And a special extra: after Vietto’s hat trick, Racing goalkeeper Jorge De Olivera was sent off, and since they’d used all their substitutes, Agustín Pelletieri had to go in goal. He became the first outfield player in 20 years to save a penalty in Argentina’s top flight.
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