Boca Juniors The ‘post-Hugo Ibarra’ era started this Saturday with a 0-3 away against ‘in one of the remaining matches this Saturday in the continuation of the ninth day of the Argentine Soccer Professional League Tournament. Goals from Agustín Dattola, against his fence, Luca Langoni and Guillermo Pol Fernández, allowed the team led by interim coach Mariano Herrón to add three points and reach 14 points, far at the head of River Plate, with a total of 21.
After the departure of Hugo Ibarra, ‘Xeneize’ will now give all their attention to the debut in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores against Monagas from Venezuela at the Monumental Stadium in Maturín.
In another match this Saturday, San Lorenzo and Independiente sealed a goalless draw at the Pedro Bidegain Stadium earlier, with the distribution of points leaving ‘Ciclón’ with 17 points as one of the shooting guards and ‘ Red’ with only nine points.
Rosario Central, who beat Gimnasia 3-1 on Friday and Racing Club, who this Saturday won 2-1 against Huracán with goals from Paraguayan Matías Rojas and Gabriel Hauche -Nicolás Cordero was discounted- also shared second place with 17 points
Mateo Retegui, to save Tigre
In Saturday’s remaining match, Tigre achieved a painful 2-1 victory over Lanús thanks to a last-minute goal by Mateo Retegui, a new player for the Italian National Team who had just scored in matches against in England and Malta for Qualifying for Euro 2024.
River Plate secured first place in the standings on Friday with a 1-0 home win over Unión de Santa Fe with a goal from Nacho Fernández. On Friday, Estudiantes also beat Newell’s Old Boys with a score of 3-0, while on Thursday, at the start of its ninth day, Defensa y Justicia recorded a scoreless scoreline at Vélez Sarsfield and Argentinos won the match 3-0 to Godoy Cruz de Mendoza.
The ninth day of the tournament continues this Sunday with the Cordovan classic between Instituto and Talleres, while Colón takes on Atlético Tucumán and Banfield hosts Platense. On Monday, towards the end of the day, Belgrano will host Sarmiento de Junín and Arsenal will visit Central Córdoba in Santiago del Estero.
Source: La Verdad
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