Completed the tenth day of the Argentine Professional Football League, Racing Club and Estudiantes de La Plata lead their respective zones and mark the pulse of the final stretch towards the playoffs of the tournament that will classify the best four of each group to the direct elimination phase.
In Zone A, Racing Club added its ninth win in a row by winning 1-0 against Unión de Santa Fe on Saturday with a goal by Enzo Copetti and, with his undefeated status, he looks at everyone from the top of the table with 24 points.
This Sunday, in the last duel of the day, River Plate turned an adverse marker against Banfield and prevailed 1-2 at home to settle as an escort with 22 units.
Jeremías Perales put the local ahead but then a controversial penalty converted by Enzo Fernández and a goal by Matías Suárez They gave those led by Marcelo Gallardo a valuable victory to be well positioned in the zone in order to guarantee a place in the playoffs.
Newell’s Old Boys ranks third with 18 units after their tight 1-0 victory on Friday against Patronato de Paraná with a goal by Ramiro Sordo, while Defense and Justice are in fourth place, despite their 1-1 draw on Sunday with Atlético Tucumán, where Lucas Pusineri made his coaching debut .
Argentinos Juniors, who beat bottom team Talleres de Córdoba 2-1; Unión de Santa Fe, which lost to Racing; and Sarmiento de Junín, who beat Gimnasia 1-3 in La Plata on Thursday, are on the prowl with 17 integers.
In Zone B, meanwhile, Students gave a show of authority and forcefulness on Saturday by beating promoted Barracas Central 1-6 to remain the leader with 21 points.
Tigre, the other promoted this season, is the surprising escort with 19 integers after beating Huracán 2-1 on Friday with Pablo Magnín as emblem and scorer.
In third place appears the surprising Aldosivi from Mar del Plata directed by Martín Palermo, who also reached 19 points after beating Rosario Central 1-0 on Friday with a goal from Martín Cauteruccio, one of the tournament’s top scorers with eight goals.
Boca Juniors, meanwhile, occupies fourth place with 17 points despite their 1-1 draw at home against bottom side Lanús at La Bombonera in an afternoon-night of controversies with referee Facundo Tello and the use of technology.
The ‘Xeneize’ favored this day with the tie 2-2 who registered fifth and sixth: Colón and Independiente, which left the first with 14 points and the second with 12.