San Lorenzo de Almagro fell this Monday to Defense and Justice 3-4 in the third day of the Argentine Soccer League Cup and was penultimate in Zone A with one point after starring in a match full of goals.
The blaugrana team, who had drawn 0-0 against Banfield in their debut and lost 1-0 to Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata the previous day, fell to the runner-up of last tournament, who scored the first goal of the match in the 8th minute thanks to Walter Bou. Then the Uruguayan Miguel Merentiel converted, at 28 minutes, and Carlos Rotondi, at 48. The first goal for San Lorenzo was made by Agustín Martegani at 55 and the second by Colombian Cristian Zapata four minutes later. At minute 80, Francisco Pizzini scored the fourth goal for Defense and Justice and Alexis Soto, with his own goal, made it 3-4 in the end. With this result, Halcón was fifth with four points, three behind the Platense leader. El Cuervo, on the other hand, was penultimate of 14 teams with one.
This Monday three other games were played on the third day, which ends on Tuesday. Also in Zone A, Banfield thrashed Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 4-0 and got into the qualifying zone for the quarterfinals. Juan Álvarez, Agustín Urzi, Juan Cruz and Jesús Dátolo, the latter two from penalties, scored the goals for Drill, which was already 1-0 after fifteen minutes. Banfield reached five points, two less than the surprising leader Platense and one less than River Plate and Argentinos Juniors, who will play this Tuesday against Racing Club.
In Zone B, the newly promoted Tiger got into qualifying zone beat him 0-2 to the other team that came up from the Second Division: Central Barracks. Ijiel Protti and Pablo Magnin, one in the first half and the other in the second, scored the goals. After his third consecutive loss, fellow football announcer Rodolfo De Paoli resigned from his position as team coach. Tigre reached five points and was third, behind Estudiantes de La Plata (9) and Boca Juniors (7).
What’s more, Aldosivi beat Godoy Cruz 0-2 in a duel between two teams fighting to stay in the top flight with goals from Uruguayan Martín Cauteruccio and Matías Pisano. The third day will end on Tuesday with the following matches: Patronato-Talleres, Unión-Atlético Tucumán, Racing Club-Argentinos Juniors and Central Córdoba-Colón.