While River managed a tight but valuable 0-1 away win against San Lorenzo on Saturday, Boca suffered the first defeat of the tournament when they fell on Sunday by the same score against Huracán, two days before the Superclásico of Argentine soccer that will once again put them face to face at the Monumental Stadium.
Despite losing Julián Álvarez in the run-up to the start of the match, River recovered from adversity and won 0-1 against San Lorenzo with a goal from Chilean Paulo Díaz, a former ‘Ciclón’ playerin a duel that before the ‘millionaire’ goal had a penalty that Franco Armani held off Nicolás ‘Uvita’ Fernández.
With this result, River climbed to the top of Group A of this Professional League Cup with ten points on five dates played together with Defensa y Justicia, which won 2-3 against Banfield, Unión, which defeated Platense 1-0, and Sarmiento de Junín, which beat Patronato 0-1 in Paraná.
While, Boca Juniors this Sunday gave up its 12-game undefeated streak from last season by falling at home in the ‘Bombonera’ by 0-1 against Huracán with the goal converted by the Uruguayan Matías Cóccaro.
Sebastián Battaglia’s ‘Xeneize’, which could not count on his scorer Darío Benedetto due to muscle discomfort and the death of his grandmother, he was relegated to fourth place with eight units in Zone B, five behind the leader Estudiantes de La Plata.
The ‘Pincha’ rescued a 1-1 draw in his visit to Vélez at the end thanks to another agonizing goal from Leandro Díaz, just like on Wednesday when a goal from his scorer qualified him for Phase 3 of the Copa Libertadores against Audax Italiano from Chile.
This way, Students are left with 13 points and have Colón as an escort with tenalthough the ‘Sabalero’ still has to appear this Monday against Tigre as a visitor for the fifth day of this tournament.
In other results of this fifth date, Racing remained undefeated and achieved its second win in a row by beating Talleres de Córdoba 1-0 with a goal by Gabriel Hauche, while Barracas Central came out as losers and in Alfredo Berti’s debut as coach they won 2-1 against Aldosivi.
In addition Newell’s Old Boys thrashed a devalued Atlético Tucumán 4-0Gimnasia equalized 2-2 with Argentinos Juniors and Rosario Central added a joy by beating Central Córdoba 0-1 in Santiago del Estero.
This Monday, in addition to the aforementioned Tigre-Colón, Independiente will visit Godoy Cruz in Mendoza and Arsenal will face Lanús in the three confrontations that will serve as a corollary for this fifth day.