The fourth day of the Argentine Football Professional League Cup was once again filled with changeable fortunes River Plate, who beat Arsenal de Sarandi 3-1, and Boca Juniors, who lost 1-0 on Friday during his visit to Defense and Justice.
This Sunday in front of more than 80,000 people Martín Demichelis’ ‘Millionaire’ got his smile back with a stunning 3-1 win over Arsenal with two goals from Colombian Miguel Borja, one from a penalty and the rest from Uruguayan Nicolás De la Cruz; The discount was granted by Juan Bautista Cejas for the visit.
This way, River reached six units and was three away from the Zone 1 leaders: Colón, which beat Rosario Central 2-1 on Friday, and Independiente, which beat Huracán 1-0 on Thursday.
Boca JuniorsAs we wait for the Copa Libertadores semi-final series against Palmeiras at the end of the month, added his third defeat in four presentations in this tournament with a 0-1 defeat at Defensa y Justicia, thanks to the only goal from Nicolás “Uvita” Fernández.
Florencio Varela’s “Halcón”, which is also waiting for a continental semi-final: the Copa Sudamericana against Liga de Quito, With this victory, teams with six units were placed in one group to two of the Zone 2 leaders with eight points: Newell’s Old Boys, who drew 1-1 with Unión, and Racing Club, who also drew 1-1 at home against San Lorenzo in the day’s classic on Saturday.
In other notable results from the red zone to avoid relegation, On Wednesday, Gimnasia Vélez beat Sarsfield 2-1 and Sarmiento lost 0-1 to Central Córdoba; On Friday, Platense turned around a negative result and beat Lanús 2-1; On Friday, the Argentinos Juniors, in Pablo Guede’s debut as manager, won 0-1 against Banfield and on Saturday, Talleres and Instituto signed a draw with an empty result in an edition of the Córdoba derby.