El Rojo had a good start with a 2-1 with a penalty and a header from Ávalos on Verde, who discounted with another penalty from Magnín. The bad news for the winner: Montiel was injured.
Independiente signed this Friday a promising debut in the Apertura 2025 Tournament by beating Sarmiento 2-1 at the Libertadores de América. Julio Vaccari’s team managed to generate passages of great football performance that they will surely be able to deepen in future presentations.
Everything for El Rojo resulted in a first half that did not skimp on incentives beyond the fair advantage with which the local team went to the break. Right from the start, Juan Insaurralde was saved from a red card for elbowing Felipe Loyola in the face and once again referee Sebastián Martínez was in the centre of the scene when he needed the VAR to award a clear penalty for a handball by Alex Vigo. After the omission was rectified, at 14 minutes, Gabriel Ávalos shot high and to the right of Lucas Acosta, converting the first.
Then, Diego Tarzia wasted his chances, one from the heart of the area and in another, first colliding with the goalkeeper and then with a clearance on the line. In the middle, the host added a concern when Santiago Montiel retired in tears after suffering a tear, allowing the good debut of the reinforcement Luciano Cabral.
The second half started at the request of Vaccari’s men, who after two minutes widened the gap with a great collective play that ended with a cross from the right by Felipe Loyola that Ávalos headed in for the second. The attacker continued to be on fire as the spearhead of the team’s performance and later crashed the third into the post.
About half an hour into the segment, Rodrigo Rey came out to clear with his fists, hit Franco Frías with excessive force and the referee saw a penalty that Pablo Magnín scored at 31 with a shot to the right of the goalkeeper.
Beyond the discount, the host extended its dominance and ended up very approved by its people. Independiente took a firm first step and dreams that it will be a foundation for what is to come.
With some minutes from Rodrigo Battaglia and Velasco, Gago’s team did not have a good presentation at La Bombonera for the Apertura Tournament and did not go beyond 0-0.
Far from the auspicious performance in the Argentine Cup, Boca had a hard time from start to finish in the debut in the Apertura 2025 Tournament and tied against Argentinos Juniors at La Bombonera. Rodrigo Battaglia and Alan Velasco made their debut with the blue and gold jersey in the second half, but they could not change the face of the team and the match ended 0-0.
The enthusiasm of the debut and the auspicious presentation against Argentino de Monte Maíz with which Fernando Gago’s team arrived, quickly collapsed when Tomás Molina crashed a header into the crossbar a minute into the game, shaking La Bombonera.
With the stamp of Nicolás Diez marked despite it being his debut in the position, Argentinos dominated the first quarter of an hour and limited a Boca that lacked men in the midfield, pressing high and immediately recovering the ball to control the actions of the game.
With the development of the initial stage, the Xeneize managed to settle a little on the field and stopped suffering as in the beginning, despite the fact that it did not progress in football and was far from generating danger to the visitor.
In the second half, the story turned around: Boca began to take the initiative, moved forward several meters on the field of play and reached the goal defended by Diego Rodríguez with more influence, with Frank Fabra’s shot that went over the crossbar as the clearest action.
Without much clarity beyond the slight improvement, Gago tried to give more fluidity to the team with the entry of Rodrigo Battaglia and Alan Velasco, who made their debuts in La Ribera, but in any case Argentinos stood well in the back and made the task uphill.
After this weak start in the Apertura Tournament, Boca will have the opportunity to give a better version soon, since on Wednesday they will visit Unión in Santa Fe; for their part, those from La Paternal will receive Tigre on Thursday.
Marcelo Gallardo’s reinforced team fell with a goal from Vázquez with complicity from Armani and could not find the way, until Rojas appeared at the end for the final 1-1.
River rescued a point this Saturday from its incursion into Vicente López to visit Platense in the debut of both in the 2025 Apertura Tournament. Marcelo Gallardo’s team was presented with great expectations for its reinforcements and for coming from its first preseason since the return of the legendary coach, but it looked very lackluster and ended up embracing a 1-1 more driven by individualities than by game merits.
The Millionaires were unable to do much against their rival’s intelligent approach, which prevented them from playing from far away from their area and put the game on ice when they needed it. After 12 minutes, the team led by Favio Orsi and Sergio Gómez took the lead when Vicente Taborda launched a free kick from the right into the area that was pushed by Ignacio Vázquez: Franco Armani tried to control the ball but ended up putting it in his goal.
In what followed, the visitors’ difficulty in generating play became evident, as they only threatened with a shot from outside by Manuel Lanzini that was thwarted by Juan Pablo Cozzani. Given the passivity of La Banda, it was not strange that the host flirted with a second with an attempt by Franco Minerva that was well blocked by Armani.
The home team managed to continue with their perfect match without any surprises and could even extend the lead with Augusto Lotti running into Armani and Vázquez connecting just wide. Everything seemed to be decided until the final stretch when River began to know what to do with the ball,
managed to raise the level thanks to the changes of Muñeco and, in their only chance at 41, they managed to equalize made on the bench: a cross from the right by Pablo Solari that Cozzani cleared short and a lethal header by the newly entered reinforcement Matías Rojas went to the side of the post.
With more relief than joy, River pulled out a draw out of the hat by appealing to the wealth of their squad and left Platense with the bitter taste of having let two points slip away.
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