The ninth round of the Torneo Inicial saw no shortage of goals – thirty-five of them in ten matches, in fact – and moreover a fair few spectacular ones. The most surprising scorelines came in Liniers and Rafaela, where Colón beat Vélez Sarsfield 4-2 and Rafaela beat Argentinos Juniors 5-3 respectively. There were two 4-0 wins, one for Racing over San Lorenzo, and one for under-pressure River Plate away to champions Arsenal de Sarandí. And Boca Juniors failed to beat ten-man San Martín, with Rolando Schiavi giving away a penalty, missing a penalty and scoring a screamer. All this and more, right here. Enjoy.
Primera División Torneo Inicial, round 9
Quilmes Atlético Club (M. Cauteruccio 61) 1 – 1 Club Atlético Belgrano (G. Farré 67)
Club Atlético All Boys (I. Borgello 29; A. Vildozo 65) 2 – 1 Club Atlético Lanús (V. Ayala 25; M. Velázquez OFF 63)
Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba (M. Obolo 66) 1 – 0 Club Estudiantes de La Plata
Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela (C. Carignano 6, 36, 74; F. Fontanini 57, 69) 5 – 3 Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors (G. Iñíguez 25; M. Figueroa 50; J.L. Anangonó León 54; L. Astrada (manager) OFF 71)
Racing Club (S. Saja 16; S. Gentiletti OG 48; J. Cámpora 62; G. Prósperi OG 77) 4 – 0 Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro (S. Gentiletti OFF 64; A. Masuero OFF 68)
Arsenal Fútbol Club (C. Carbonero OFF 75) 0 – 4 Club Atlético River Plate (L. Ponzio 40; C. Luna 69; R.G. Funes Mori 81; 90)
Club Atlético Tigre 0 – 0 Club Atlético Newell’s Old Boys
Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield (A. Cabral 41; L. Pratto 80) 2 – 4 Club Atlético Colón (E. Gigliotti 5, 19; J. Achucarro 32; F. Curuchet 86)
Club Atlético Unión (F. Chiapello 72; N. Pumpido (manager) OFF 62) 1 – 2 Club Atlético Independiente (E. Farías 28, 49)
Club Atlético Boca Juniors (R. Schiavi 45+1) 1 – 1 Club Atlético San Martín de San Juan (M. Bogado 33; G. Caprari OFF 39)
Quilmes 1 – 1 Belgrano
All Boys 2 – 1 Lanús
Godoy Cruz 1 – 0 Estudiantes
Rafaela 5 – 3 Argentinos
Racing 4 – 0 San Lorenzo
Arsenal 0 – 4 River
Vélez 2 – 4 Colón
Unión 1 – 2 Independiente
Boca 1 – 1 San Martín
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