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River Plate stay on top of Clausura Championship
Buenos Aires, Argentina, June24: Gimnasia named an ultra-defensive line-up for their match in Buenos Aires on sunday (June 22), but their plans were in disarray when Fernando Cavenaghi and Esteban Fuertes put River 2-0 ahead in only six minutes.
Buenos Aires, Argentina, June24: Gimnasia named an ultra-defensive line-up for their
match in Buenos Aires on sunday (June 22), but their plans
were in disarray when Fernando Cavenaghi and Esteban Fuertes
put River 2-0 ahead in only six minutes.
Andres D'Alessandro sealed victory in the 79th minute for
River, who have been able to concentrate on the domestic front
after being knocked out of the Libertadores in the
quarter-finals.
Velez Sarsfield also struck early on sunday as they beat
Newell's Old Boys 1-0 to go second. Roberto Nanni scored after
10 minutes as Velez stayed two points behind River with two
matches to play.
LINE-UPS:
River: Franco Costanzo; Ariel Garc, Martn Demichelis,
Matas Lequi, Vctor Zapata; Daniel Luduea, Guillermo
Pereyra, Luis Gonzlez; Andrs D'Alessandro; Esteban Fuertes
and Fernando Cavenaghi.
Coach: Manuel Pellegrini.
Gimnasia: Juan Carlos Olave; Jorge San Esteban; Martn
Pautasso, Sebastin Brusco, Marcelo Goux, Lucas Licht; Andrs
Madrid, Pablo Vern, Germn Castillo; Lucas Lobos; Roberto
Sosa.
Coach: Carlos Ramacciotti.
Vlez: Bernardo Leyenda; Fabricio Fuentes, Walter Alcaraz,
Fabin Cubero; Sergio Sena, Maximiliano Bustos, Emanuel
Centurin; Esteban Bujn, Leandro Gracin; Cristian Bardaro
and Roberto Nanni.
Coach: Carlos Ischia.
Newell's: Luciano Palos; Luciano Vella, Cristian Grabinski,
Germn R, Edgardo Adinolfi; Gastn Liendo, Leonardo Ponzio,
Cristian Domizi; Damin Manso; Nicols Saucedo and Walter
Silvani.
Coach: Hctor Veira.
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