Miguel Borja scores to lead River Plate’s victory against Platense

River Plate rehabilitated themselves after the final day loss to Talleres in Córdoba with a 2–1 win against Platense at home, allowing them to maintain their five-point lead over their companion San Lorenzo, after completing the 17th day of the Professional League Tournament of Argentine football.

With an excellent performance from the Colombian Miguel Borja, goalscorer, the “Millionaire” triumphed with authority against “Calamar” in a match with Ignacio “Nacho” Fernández as the winner’s other scorer, while the Paraguayan Ronaldo Martinez had scored the temporary draw .

This thirteenth win brought River to 40 points to maintain a five-point lead over San Lorenzo, who had won 2-0 against Instituto de Córdoba on Saturday with two penalties converted by Slovenian-Argentinian Andrés Vombergar.

In another excellent result of the day, Boca Juniors cemented its great moment on Friday by taking an embarrassing victory against Argentinos Juniors as a visitor at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in the La Paternal district, with a goal from Miguel Ángel Merentieel.

On Sunday, the intense Cordovan classic between Belgrano and Talleres ended in a 1-1 draw with goals from Pablo Vegetti for the local player and Nahuel Bustos for the visit, in a game that ended with ten players for the host due to the exclusion of Alejandro. Rébola, while Michael Santos lost a penalty kick.

For their part, Independiente suffered a serious setback on Thursday when they lost 2-1 to Arsenal de Sarandí, one of the bottom-table teams, while Estudiantes – with their success against Banfield – and Rosario Central – with their triumph against Defense and Justice – continued their good course.

Source: El heraldo

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