At the Monumental stadium on Sunday, River Plate recovered from behind to hold Arsenal de Sarandi to a 1-1 draw. Sergio Sena scored the game’s first goal in the 40th minute to put River down. Marcelo Gallardo brought River even with a beautiful free kick in the 51st minute. However, a minute later, Matias Almeyda reduced Los Millonarios to 10 men, and the deficit was evident as they lacked depth in their play.
Arsenal came the closest to winning the game late on, but they could not fully capitalize on their opportunities to score goals and were forced to settle for a draw.
As a result, River, one of 20 teams in the competition, is now at position 14. They are six points behind league leader Velez Sarsfield with five points.
Banfield, the defending champions, could only draw 0-0 with Rosario Central at home. Several of El Taladro’s main players were absent due to Copa Libertadore’s commitments. The opposition had ten men for the remaining eleven minutes of play.
Tigre and Gimnasia La Plata and Newell’s Old Boys and Lanus’ Saturday games both ended in draws, 1-1. A goal from Gabriel Hauche in injury time gave Racing Club a 1-0 victory over San Lorenzo in the much-awaited Buenos Aires derby.
Colon de Santa Fe defeated Chacarita Juniors 2-1 on Friday night, and Velez crushed Independiente 3-0.
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