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Independiente Down Boca, River Win In Argentine Clausura
Round five of the Argentine Clausura Championship treated fans to a number of upsets, with the most important being Independiente beating Boca Juniors and Rosario Central getting past San Lorenzo.
Mar 8, 2009 11:23:26 PM
Argentine Apertura Champions Boca Juniors had two men sent off in their unexpected 2-0 defeat to Independiente at the Tomas A. Duco stadium on Sunday.
Independiente completely dominated their opponents, and recorded a comfortable victory with two goals from attacking midfielder Daniel Montenegro.
His first was an extraordinary long-range missile in the 55th minute, and his second was a penalty conversion in the 78th minute.
The Red Devils could have won the match by a greater difference towards the end.
With the result, Independiente climbed into tenth position, with seven points, while Boca dropped down to thirteenth, with six points. It was Boca's third defeat in five matches.
Meanwhile, River Plate jumped into fifth place, after coming from behind to beat Arsenal de Sarandi 3-1 at a packed Monumental stadium.
Both teams had two players each sent off, in a fiery encounter that could have been won by either side.
Luciano Leguizamon fired Arsenal ahead from the penalty spot, but Radamel Falcao Garcia immediately drew River level .
In the second half substitute Marcelo Gallardo scored two brilliant goals to give River a valuable victory.
Also on Sunday, Rosario Central defeated San Lorenzo 3-1 at the Gigante de Arroyito stadium.
Their goals were scored by Guillermo Burdisso, Emiliano Zelaya, and Jesus Mendez. Cristian Ledesma had initially put the visitors ahead.
On Saturday, Tigre thrashed Racing Club 4-1, Colon de Santa Fe beat Banfield 2-0, Huracan edged Gimnasia de Jujuy 2-1, while Argentinos Juniors and Gimnasia La Plata shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw.
Argentine Clausura Championship: Round Five Results
March 6 (Friday)
Estudiantes 0 - 1 Velez Sarsfield
Lanus 2 - 1 Newell's Old Boys
March 7 (Saturday)
Huracan 2 - 1 Gimnasia de Jujuy
Argentinos Juniors 1 - 1 Gimnasia La Plata
Colon 2 - 0 Banfield
Tigre 4 - 1 Racing Club
March 8 (Sunday)
River Plate 3 - 1 Arsenal
Independiente 2 - 0 Boca Juniors
Rosario Central 3 - 1 San Lorenzo
Gregory Sica, Goal.com
Independiente completely dominated their opponents, and recorded a comfortable victory with two goals from attacking midfielder Daniel Montenegro.
His first was an extraordinary long-range missile in the 55th minute, and his second was a penalty conversion in the 78th minute.
The Red Devils could have won the match by a greater difference towards the end.
With the result, Independiente climbed into tenth position, with seven points, while Boca dropped down to thirteenth, with six points. It was Boca's third defeat in five matches.
Meanwhile, River Plate jumped into fifth place, after coming from behind to beat Arsenal de Sarandi 3-1 at a packed Monumental stadium.
Both teams had two players each sent off, in a fiery encounter that could have been won by either side.
Luciano Leguizamon fired Arsenal ahead from the penalty spot, but Radamel Falcao Garcia immediately drew River level .
In the second half substitute Marcelo Gallardo scored two brilliant goals to give River a valuable victory.
Also on Sunday, Rosario Central defeated San Lorenzo 3-1 at the Gigante de Arroyito stadium.
Their goals were scored by Guillermo Burdisso, Emiliano Zelaya, and Jesus Mendez. Cristian Ledesma had initially put the visitors ahead.
On Saturday, Tigre thrashed Racing Club 4-1, Colon de Santa Fe beat Banfield 2-0, Huracan edged Gimnasia de Jujuy 2-1, while Argentinos Juniors and Gimnasia La Plata shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw.
Argentine Clausura Championship: Round Five Results
March 6 (Friday)
Estudiantes 0 - 1 Velez Sarsfield
Lanus 2 - 1 Newell's Old Boys
March 7 (Saturday)
Huracan 2 - 1 Gimnasia de Jujuy
Argentinos Juniors 1 - 1 Gimnasia La Plata
Colon 2 - 0 Banfield
Tigre 4 - 1 Racing Club
March 8 (Sunday)
River Plate 3 - 1 Arsenal
Independiente 2 - 0 Boca Juniors
Rosario Central 3 - 1 San Lorenzo
Gregory Sica, Goal.com
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