River is placed with 40 points and maintains a five advantage over San Lorenzo
The intense Cordovan classic between Belgrano and Talleres ended tied 1-1
River Plate rehabilitated itself after the fall on the last day against Talleres in Córdoba with a 2-1 victory against Platense at home that allowed him to maintain the five-point advantage over his escort San Lorenzo, after completing the 17th round of the Argentine Soccer Professional League Tournament.
With an outstanding performance by the Colombian Miguel Borja, scorer of a goal, the ‘Millionaire’ prevailed with authority against ‘Calamar’ in a match that had Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Fernández as the winner’s other scorer, while the Paraguayan Ronaldo Martinez had scored the transitory tie.
With this thirteenth victory, River reached 40 points and maintained the five advantage over San Lorenzowho had won 2-0 against Instituto de Córdoba on Saturday with two penalty goals converted by the Slovenian-Argentine Andrés Vombergar.
In another outstanding result of this day, Boca Juniors ratified its great moment on Friday by winning an agonizing victory against Argentinos Juniors as a visitor at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in the La Paternal neighborhood, with a goal from Miguel Ángel Merentiel.
On Sunday, meanwhile, the intense Cordovan classic between Belgrano and Talleres ended tied 1-1 with goals from Pablo Vegetti for the home team and Nahuel Bustos for the visit, in a duel that ended with ten players for the host due to the expulsion of Alejandro Rébola, while Michael Santos wasted a penalty.
For his part, Independiente suffered a tough setback on Thursday when they fell 2-1 against Arsenal de Sarandí, one of the teams that occupies the basement of the classification, while Estudiantes -with their success against Banfield- and Rosario Central -with their victory against Defensa y Justicia- maintained their good performance.
– Results of the 17th. working day:
. Thursday 05/18: Arsenal 2-1 Independent.
. Friday 05/19: Godoy Cruz 2-0 Gimnasia, Central Córdoba 0-1 Unión, Rosario Central 2-1 Defensa y Justicia, Estudiantes 1-0 Banfield and Argentinos Juniors 0-1 Boca Juniors.
. Saturday 05/20: San Lorenzo 2-0 Instituto de Córdoba, Lanús 1-0 Newell’s Old Boys and Tigre 0-0 Atlético Tucumán.
. Sunday 05/21: Belgrano de Córdoba 1-1 Talleres de Córdoba, Sarmiento de Junín 0-0 Huracán, Colón 1-1 Barracas Central and River Plate 2-1 Platense.
. Postponed: Racing Club-Vélez Sarsfield.