Out of the nine matches which took place on Saturday and Sunday in the Argentina Superliga, five of them finished in draws.
Defensa y Justicia vs. Atletico Tucuman was the first match on Saturday and it finished in similar fashion to that of Newell’s and Independiente. A goal less first half meant we were treated to two goals and a red card in the second half. Ricardo NOIR scored an Olympic goal, that is to say directly from a corner kick. Alexander BARBOSA equalized for the home team from the spot with six minutes left. Guillermo ACOSTA later lost his head and was sent off in injury time for Atletico Tucuman.
Former Ajax and Nice man Dario CVITANICH scored the lone goal of the match, also from the spot, for Banfield in their 1-0 win against Gimnasia de la Plata. It was a big win for Banfield as they had lost their opening match last weekend against Rosario Central.
The second draw on Saturday came between Argentinos Juniors and Godoy Cruz. A 0-0 draw haltered Godoy Cruz’s chances of going top of the table after they won their opening match of the season. Argentinos Juniors find themselves in the bottom half of the standings in 21st position with only one point.
A frustrating start to the season continues for both River Plate and Belgrano as they drew 0-0 which means a second consecutive draw for both teams. They are now four points behind league leaders Rosario Central who picked up two wins out of two.
San Martin picked up their first win of the season and find themselves on four points following a 1-0 win against Patronato. The latter are in 22nd position with a lonely point.
In a back and forth match, Colon drew 2-2 against Tigre. Diego VIERA opened the scoring for the visitors to give Tigre a 1-0 lead. Former Argentina international and 2004 Olympic gold medalist Clemente RODRIGUEZ equalized for Colon. Just one minute later, Juan CAVALLARO restored Tigre’s lead. Javier CORREA drew Colon level for the second time in the match.
Aldosivi came from behind to win 2-1 against Huracan. Diego MENDOZA scored early on in the match for Huracan to give them a 1-0 lead. The second half saw Ivan COLMAN score for Aldosivi before Matias PISANO left it late by scoring the match winner in the 88th minute.
Former Inter man Ruben BOTTA scored in the 26th minute for San Lorenzo and Nicolas BLANDI doubled their lead against Lanus. However, Sebastian RIBAS cut San Lorenzo’s lead in half right before half time. Nicolas THALLER made it 2-2 in the 46th minute which ended up being the final score.
Lisandro LOPEZ has made it two goals in two games as he scored in Racing Club’s 2-0 win against Velez. Guillermo FERNANDEZ sealed the win late in the 83rd minute.
Monday’s matches are Boca away to Estudiantes while San Martin de Tucuman host Union. The reports for both of those matches will be up on Monday evening.
Hey Gonzalo you know what I just realized that in addition to Velez Estudiantes is a club also worth following! They have a few interesting products like Gomez, Pellegrini and Rodriguez and they’re fighting on 2 fronts (primera and copa lib).
Speaking of Velez I think moving Robertone from CM to an enganche seems to have been a mistake because he lost the steam that he picked up last season.
Over at Godoy, Angeleri seems to continue his form from last season and I’m happy to see that and Abecasis is still the best RB in the primera thus far.
You are right Mamoun. Estudiantes long time depends mostly on their own youngsters unlike Boca. THere’s 5-6 really interesting boys there. Ivan Gomez is Ascacibar successor. He also was named best player of FRENZ Cup in Malaysia (just like Ascacibar one year before), and also was captain of that U-18 Estudiantes team). The only difference was Ascacibar team won while Gomez Estudiantes reach final of that tournament.
Pellegrini is maybe most worth attention player. But Apaolaza (already goal in CL) and Erquiaga (assist in CL) as well. Also Lattanzio, Cascini (once on Sampaoli list on cancelled Bolivia friendlies), Cejas and of course former U-20 player Lucas Rodrigurez.
Last but not least Andres Ayala who was one of best players on COTIF tournament and now will go to USA with senior team to spar.
About Robertone
Exactly. I think 3 man false defensive midfileld Robertone – Dominguez – Gimenez would be best. He is not just type of playmaker (rather Almada). He would be best without this burden of playmaking position.
Estudiantes – Boca 2:0
Good to see this anti-Argentine Boca team losing. Money and buying are not guarantee of winning. Constant buying brought the team lack of cohesivness and identity (Benedetto also makes difference, Pavon without him is not the same). This Boca needs identity of Argentina players instead of foreign, one-year hired-soldiers like Nandez or Barrios that not long ago joined the team and already rumoured to leave for Europe.
Btw, anyone has news on Lucas pattinelli and Leonal Coria?
Jonathan Silva has scored a debut goal for leganes against Bilbao. Leganes is coached by Pellegrino and Bilbao by Berizzo.
Alejandro Gomez with 2 goals and 2 assists…!
His influence on his team is incredible.
Alexander Barboza (penalty goal) and Lisandro Martinez from Defensa the most creative pair of CBs in Superliga. Central midfielder Leonel Miranda deserves more attention too.
Gaston Lodico and Nicolas Thaller from Lanus once again left positive impressions.
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