The third day of the Argentine league, played in the middle of the pre-World Cup league matches, will be marked as the announcement of the retirement of Javier Mascherano, an emblem of the albiceleste and international football, who has decided to hang up his boots after the defeat of his team, Students, versus Argentinos Juniors (0-1).
However, beyond the goodbye of the 'Jefecito', the ball rolled and the surprise was the defeat, in La Bombonera, of Boca Juniors against Talleres, which in addition to snatching the leadership of Group 4 from the 'xeneize', cut him off Miguel Russo the unbeaten of 17 games that he accumulated since he began his second cycle on the bench, in December 2019. The last fall of the former Salamanca coach as a Boquense coach dated back to 2007, in the final of the Club World Cup against Milan .
Two reds and controversial with Tevez
The goal that unbalanced the balance came in 87 'through Joel So Señora, son of' Chiche ', a historic Boca defender who visited those colors for no less than eight seasons, between the late' 80s and early '90s. '.
The local ended up out of control and that is why in the final moments they saw the red Obando and Izquierdoz, while the controversy again revolved around Carlos Tevez for a very hard tackle without the ball at the start of the duel, punished with a yellow that seemed very little …
Racing, a disappointment
The big surprises at this start of the tournament are undoubtedly Banfield and Atlético Tucumán, the only two teams that won the three games played, on this day Rosario Central and Unión, respectively, while the disappointment goes through the side of Racing, which They again fell in local condition (0-2 against Arsenal) and with zero points they sink to the bottom of Group 1.
River settled in second place in Group 3 after its triumph in the fiefdom of Godoy Cruz (0-1) and San Lorenzo already leads in Group 5 after his 1-4 win over Aldosivi. For its part, Maradona's Gymnastics (already recovered from his surgical intervention although without yet attending the fields) gave up the leadership of Group 6 to Huracán, who beat it 3-2.
While waiting for the Vélez-Patronato (Group 6) and the Colón-Central Córdoba (Group 2), these were the results of the third day:
Group 1: Atlético Tucumán 3 – 1 Unión, Racing 0 – 2 Arsenal.
Group 2: Defense and Justice 0 – 0 Independent.
Group 3: Godoy Cruz 0 – 1 River, Rosario Central 2 – 4 Banfield.
Group 4: Lanús 2 – 4 Newell’s, Boca 0 – 1 Workshops.
Group 5: Aldosivi 1 – 4 San Lorenzo, Students 0 – 1 Argentinos Juniors.
Group 6: Hurricane 3 – 2 Gymnastics.