San Lorenzo fell this Sunday 1-0 in his visit to central barracks and River Plate will extend their escort advantage this Monday when they visit Vélez Sarsfield in one of the five matches that will conclude the eighteenth day of the Argentine Soccer Professional League Tournament.
With Alexis Domínguez’s only goal, Barracas Central handed San Lorenzo their third defeat of the tournament and left them on 35 points, five behind leaders River Plate, who this Monday will face Vélez Sarsfield as a visitors tend to widen this distinction. and take another step towards the title.
Meanwhile, Talleres de Córdoba added an important 1-0 home win against Argentinos Juniors with a goal from Paraguayan Ramón Sosa to reach 34 points and confirm their third-place status in the standings. Defensa y Justicia, for its part, drew 1-1 with Racing Club to finish fifth and leave Fernando Gago’s ‘Academy’ in the lower zone of the standings with just 19 points.
In another of the day’s remaining matches, Boca Juniors bounced back from their Copa Libertadores defeat against Deportivo Pereira in Colombia, and achieved another ‘Bombonera’ victory for the local tournament: 1-0 match in Tigre in another conquest by Miguel Ángel Merentiel .
In the fight to avoid relegation, on Friday Atlético Tucumán won 1-0 against Arsenal de Sarandí, on Saturday Gimnasia and Sarmiento sealed a goalless draw and Platense beat Belgrano de Córdoba 1-0 with enough only.
Finally, also on Saturday, Lanús earned a painful 1-1 draw against Independiente in Avellaneda with a penalty converted by veteran scorer José Sand to level the goal scored by Martín Cauteruccio, one among the four scorers in the competition with ten targets.
Source: La Verdad
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