Boca Juniors stretched its unbeaten streak to 15 games with a 0-1 defeat on Wednesday Sarmiento in Junín in one of the remaining matches in the twenty-fifth round of the Argentine Professional Football League Tournament, keeping ‘Xeneize’ as the sole leader in the standings.
With a goal from youngster Luca Langoni, decisive in the final part of the tournament, the team led by Hugo Ibarra took three points from their trip to Junín and accumulated 48 with a match against Gimnasia y Esgrima pending La Plata will next play Wednesday.
Despite a serious injury to its captain and emblem Marcos Rojo -torn cruciate ligaments in his right knee- and a penalty saved by the central defender himself, Boca overcame these difficulties and achieved a new victory that brought them closer to his of the two. -time championship in the season after consecration in the last Professional League Cup.
racing clubmeanwhile, remain 47 points clear of one at the top after their 0-2 away win over Columbus in Santa Fe after goals from Enzo Copetti and Colombian Johan Carbonero.
Despite the worrying injury to Emiliano Vecchio and the controversy surrounding Colombian Edwin Cardona with his blood alcohol level, Fernando Gago’s team is eager to crown the season with a title.
Atlético Tucumán ‘clicked’ against Rosario
Meanwhile, Atlético Tucumán wasted a last-minute penalty and ended up drawing 1-1 at home with Rosario Central to go away and finish with 45 points to three behind Boca but with a more contested game.
In another outstanding result of this date, River Plate won 2-1 against Platense on Wednesday, in what was a prelude to the great announcement made this Thursday by Marcelo Gallardo, who in a short press conference announced that he will not continue to lead the ‘Millionaire’ in 2023.
In this way, ‘Muñeco’ completed a cycle of eight and a half years at the helm of the club from the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Núñez, where he won 14 titles and, among them, two Copa Libertadores.
The victory over Platense left River with 44 points with little chance of winning the title, although it will depend on the units Boca can leave in its last three appearances.
In addition, Independiente on Tuesday drew 2-2 at home against Barracas Central, the same day San Lorenzo beat Gimnasia en La Plata 0-1 with an acrobatic goal from Paraguayan Adam Bareiro.
Aldosivi and Board of Trustees stepped down
On this day, the two relegations of the season also ended: first Aldosivi, after falling 0-1 to Banfield on Wednesday in Mar del Plata, and then Patronato de Paraná, despite their 0-1 victory against Lanús but not It is of no use after the victory of Arsenal de Sarandí this Thursday 2-0 against Central Córdoba.
In other results of this twenty-fifth date this Thursday, Vélez Sarsfield beat Talleres de Córdoba 2-1, Patronato won 0-1 away against Lanús, Godoy Cruz equalized a blank scoreline against Argentinos Juniors and Tigre won in Rosario 0-2 against Newell’s Old Boys.
This Friday, in addition to Racing Club Santa Fe’s victory over Colón, Defensa y Justicia won 1-0 against Unión and Huracán beat Estudiantes de La Plata 3-1.
Source: La Verdad
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