A tournament, three pointers

He passed the eleventh day of the Argentine Apertura Tournament, a tournament as seldom evenly, with three teams occupying the first placement, and four more teams lurking. A day that was played midweek because of the pre-World Cup schedule. It began on Tuesday when Newell's Racing beat for 1 to 0 with Insaurralde Chaco goal and reached the top. Velez returned to winning ways by beating on the hour to Atletico Tucuman by 2 to 1. The Liniers added 21 points and are in contention. In the final turn, Estudiantes won a complicated game against Godoy Cruz, who had begun favorable for Tomba, but turned around with goals from Curbelo (against) and Desabato. The click, playing poorly and the mind set on the club world, also reached the top of the championship.

On Wednesday he played the third of the teams that took the lead: Banfield Gimnasia won before in La Plata, by 1 to 0 on a goal by top scorer Santiago Silva. The drill continues its solid ride, while those run by Madelon Leo continue their poor performance, and you start to worry again for the descent. San Lorenzo, with 22 units is the nearest challenger pointers, took a win at Arsenal by 3 to 2 on a great match. Cholo's team shows strength, aggressiveness and a good replacement, asserting themselves in both the South American competition and the local contest. Hurricane turned to triumph and beat a dispirited Rosario Central 1 to 0, with a goal by Eduardo Dominguez. Closing the day, re-inaugurated their stadium Independent beating Columbus was 3 to 2, with great performance in the red Ignacio Piatti, author of two goals.

The last matches were played on Thursday. A first turn, Boca easily beat Chacarita. Then a Tigre Lanús scoring that is not getting off, and remains in the bottom of the table. Was 4 to 0, with goals from Salvio, Aguirre, White and Biglieri. The last game was the confrontation between Argentinos Juniors and River at the Diego Armando Maradona, with victory for River, who won for the first time in that stadium since its reopening, and snapped a 9 months without a win in visitor status. The goals were made by Buonanotte and Rosales, while for the bug discounted Ortigoza, penalty.

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