Buenos Aires, Oct 28: Boca beat Estudiantes and River win against Gimnasia in Argentine League. Boca Juniors extended their lead in the Argentine championship on Sunday (October 26) and had Estudiantes goalkeeper Juan Carlos Docabo to thank for the second goal in their 2-0 win. Boca took the lead on 36 minutes when Matias Donnet's free-kick flew beyond the despairing dive of Docabo. But the second goal came gift-wrapped four minutes later when Docabo received a back-pass from Roberto Trotta and tried to dribble the ball past Carlos Tevez. The Boca player intercepted and gratefully accepted the scoring opportunity although television replays suggested the ball might have gone out of play.
River Plate overcame Gimnasia-La Plata 2-0 but the "Millionaires" are not within striking distance of rivals Boca. Maximiliano Lopez put River in the lead with a header after nine minutes. But the visitors had to wait until nine minutes from the end to seal the victory with a fine individual effort from substitute Fernando Cavenaghi.


Boca: Roberto Abbondanzieri; Jos Mara Calvo, Rolando Schiavi, Luis Perea, Clemente Rodrguez; Sebastin Battaglia, Ral Cascini, Diego Cagna; Matas Donnet; Pedro Iarley and Carlos Tevez. Coach: Carlos Bianchi.


Estudiantes: Juan Carlos Docabo; Diego Colotto, Roberto Trotta, Juan Cceres, Juan Krupoviesa; Marcos Gelabert, Horacio Cardozo, Javier Lux; Jos Sosa; Ezequiel Maggiolo and Ernesto Faras. Coach: Carlos Pacham.


Gimnasia: Juan Carlos Olave; Martn Pautasso, Nelson Olveira, Diego Herner, Lucas Licht; Gerardo Solana, Esteban Gonzlez, Pablo Vern; Germn Castillo; Gonzalo Choy and Luis Rueda. Coach: Carlos Griguol.


River: Germn Lux; Eduardo Tuzzio, Horacio Ameli, Fernando Crosa, Osmar Ferreyra; Diego Barrado, Javier Mascherano, Guillermo Pereyra; Daniel Luduea; Daro Husain and Maximiliano Lpez. Coach: Manuel Pellegrini.


Standings P W D L F A Pts 1. Boca Juniors 11 8 3 0 24 6 27 2. Rosario Central 11 6 4 1 17 12 22 3. Quilmes 11 6 3 2 16 9 21 4. San Lorenzo 11 6 2 3 14 9 20 5. Newell's Old Boys 11 5 4 2 15 7 19 6. Banfield 11 5 3 3 17 12 18 7. Colon 11 4 5 2 15 10 17 8. Arsenal 11 4 4 3 11 9 16 9. River Plate 11 4 3 4 14 14 15 10. Chacarita Juniors 11 3 5 3 12 12 14 11. Independiente 11 3 4 4 11 11 13 12. Atletico Rafaela 11 3 4 4 13 15 13 13. Talleres 11 3 4 4 14 19 13 14. Racing Club 11 2 6 3 14 16 12 15. Velez Sarsfield 11 3 3 5 12 18 12 16. Lanus 11 1 8 2 11 13 11 17. Estudiantes 11 2 4 5 6 11 10 18. Gimnasia-La Plata 11 1 4 6 5 16 7 19. Olimpo 11 1 3 7 6 16 6 20. Nueva Chicago 11 1 2 8 7 19 5 Note: the Apertura is the first of two championships in the Argentine season. There is no overall champion.


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