Monday, May 21st, 2012

Arsenal 3 – Lanus 1 (Argentina Clausura, May 20, 2012) Nicolas Aguirre opened the scoring for the home side after 15 minutes and Emilio Zelaya doubled the advantage after 26. Mario Regueiro pulled a goal back for the visitors with 37 minutes gone but Jorge Ortiz sealed the points for the home side when scored a minute later.

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

Racing Club 0 – Boca Juniors 2 (Argentina Clausura, May 20, 2012) Lucas Viatri pulled off some excellent skill for the opener on 70 and Nicolas Blandi sealed the win with a second on 82.

Olimpo 2 – Independiente 1 (Argentina Clausura, May 20, 2012)

Vélez Sarsfield 0 – Belgrano 1 (Argentina Clausura, May 20, 2012)

Saturday, May 19th, 2012

Banfield 0 – Estudiantes 3 (Argentina Clausura, May 19, 2012) Estudiantes moved into the top six with a 3-0 triumph at Banfield. The goals came from Matias Sarulyte (11), Duvan Zapata (32) and Gaston Fernandez (76).

All Boys 1 – San Martin 0 (Argentina Clausura, May 19, 2012) Mauro Matos’ 18th-minute strike after a poor kick from goalkeeper Luciano Pocrnjic proved the difference in a match which saw both sides reduced to 10 men. Visiting defender Emanuel Mas received his marching orders in the 42nd minute before All Boys lost Carlos Soto in the 65th minute.

Union 1 – San Lorenzo 0 (Argentina Clausura, May 19, 2012) Francisco Barisone scored three minutes from time to give Union Santa Fe a 1-0 win over San Lorenzo.

River Plate 2 – Guillermo Brown 2 (Primera B Nacional, May 19, 2012) Fernando Cavenaghi (golazo free-kick) and Daniel Villaba had swung the match in River’s favour after the hosts had initially fallen behind, but Hernan Zanni’s lung-busting last minute goal ended the match in a stalemate.

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Godoy Cruz 1 – Argentinos Juniors 1 (Argentina Clausura, May 18, 2012) Ciro Rius netted three minutes from time to rescue a 1-1 draw for Argentinos Juniors at Godoy Cruz, who had opened the scoring through Ruben Ramirez in the 65th minute.

Tigre 3 – Newell’s Old Boys 1 (Argentina Clausura, May 18, 2012) Carlos Luna put the hosts ahead after 16 minutes, but the lead lasted just three minutes before Victor Figueroa equalised. Luna bagged his second five minutes before the break then completed his hat-trick eight minutes from time to seal the win.

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

San Lorenzo 0 – River Plate 2 (Copa Argentina, May 16, 2012) Second half goals from Daniel Villalva and Rogelio Funes Mori sent River Plate into the semi-finals.

Sunday, May 13th, 2012

Lanus 2 – Banfield 1 (Argentina Clausura, May 13, 2012)

Colon 1 – Tigre 1 (Argentina Clausura, May 13, 2012)

Argentinos 2 – Racing 1 (Argentina Clausura, May 13, 2012)

Boca Juniors 0 – Velez Sarsfield 0 (Argentina Clausura, May 13, 2012)

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

Newell’s Old Boys 3 – Union 1 (Argentina Clausura, May 12, 2012) First half goals from Victor Figueroa, Santiago Vergini and Maximiliano Urruti put the hosts in the driving seat, with Matias Donnet’s 58th-minute strike proving little more than consolation for the visitors, whose misery was compounded by the late dismissal of Juan Avendano.

Independiente 0 – All Boys 3 (Argentina Clausura, May 12, 2012) Martin Morel, Matias Rudler and Mauro Matos were the men on target.

Belgrano 1 – Atletico Rafaela 1 (Argentina Clausura, May 12, 2012) Alexis Castro’s 89th minute goal secured Atletico Rafaela a 1-1 draw after Claudio Perez’s fifth minute penalty had put the home team ahead.

San Lorenzo 1 – Olimpo 1 (Argentina Clausura, May 12, 2012) Nestor Bareiro’s second-half strike would have earned all three points had Emmanuel Gigliotti not snatched a last-gasp equaliser for San Lorenzo in a frenetic finale which also saw Olimpo midfielder Damian Musto sent off.

Atletico Tucuman 2 – River Plate 4 (Primera B Nacional, May 12, 2012) David Trezeguet swelled his tally to 11 goals in 14 games with a brace during River’s win.

Friday, May 11th, 2012

San Martin 1 – Arsenal 4 (Argentina Clausura, May 11, 2012) Emilio Zelaya gave the visitors the perfect start when he converted a fifth-minute penalty, and Damian Perez doubled their advantage 13 minutes later. Nicolas Aguirre grabbed a third goal eight minutes after the interval and, although Sebastian Penco immediately pulled one back, Carlos Carbonero added his name to the scoresheet before the hour mark to re-establish Arsenal’s three-goal cushion.

Estudiantes 1 – Godoy Cruz 0 (Argentina Clausura, May 11, 2012) Leandro Desabato netted the game’s only goal on the stroke of half-time to lift Estu up to eighth.

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Atletico Tucuman 0 – Racing Club 1 (Copa Argentina, May 9, 2012) The tie was settled in dramatic late fashion as Tucuman defender Deivis Barone netted a world class injury time own goal to hand Racing the win.

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

Atletico Rafaela 2 – Boca Juniors 2 (Argentina Clausura, May 6, 2012) Boca Juniors’ Nicolas Blandi scored from a spectacular bicycle kick five minutes into second-half stoppage time to salvage a 2-2 draw against Rafaela.

Godoy Cruz 0 – Lanus 1 (Argentina Clausura, May 6, 2012) Cesar Carranza’s seventh-minute goal gave Lanus a 1-0 win at Godoy Cruz.

Olimpo 1 – Newell’s Old Boys 2 (Argentina Clausura, May 6, 2012) Victor Figueroa scored in the 18th for Newell’s and Pablo Perez added the second in the 74th. Maxi Laso gave Olimpo a 1-0 lead in the 15th.

Racing Club 2 – Estudiantes 0 (Argentina Clausura, May 6, 2012) Lucas Aveldano opened the scoring in the 39th minute and, after Rodrigo Brana was sent off for the visitors four minutes from the end, substitute Giovanni Moreno added a second in the dying moments.