Football United

River Plate dropped 2 points in a hard battle agains Estudiantes, but benefited from Boca Juniors defeat at the hands of Independiente, to take an isolated lead of the table.

River started the match better, and subsitute Gabriel Pereyra (replaced injured Lucho Gonzalez), opened the score close to the end of the first half. But, after the restart of the match, River lost control of the events, and Estudiantes ended up scoring, close to the final whistle, through Krupoviesa, bringing some justice to the final score.

RIVER PLATE: Franco Costanzo; Danilo Gerlo, Cristian Nasuti, Javier Gandolfi, Pablo Barzola; Luis González (Gabriel Pareyra, 22'), Javier Mascherano, Rubens Sambueza; Gastón Fernández (José Sand, 81'); Nelson Cuevas (Marcelo Gallardo, 66'), Marcelo Salas.

ESTUDIANTES: Martín Herrera; Adrián Romero, Fernando Ortíz, Juan Daniel Cáceres, Juan Krupoviesa; Rodolfo Aquino (Horacio Cardozo, 65'), Rodrigo Meléndez, Marcelo Carrusca; José Sosa (Leandro Benítez, 53'); Mariano Pavone (Rafael Maceratesi, 59'), Julián Vázquez.

GOALS: 1-0, Gabriel Pereyra (34'); 1-1, Krupoviesa (86')