Luciano Vietto’s goals give Merlo back to back wins for Racing

On Friday it was the weather that dominated proceedings but on Saturday it rained goals and, in the case of Olimpo, red cards. Olimpo were thumped 4-0 in La Paternal by Argentinos Juniors and finished the game with only 8 players after Jonathan Blanco, Damian Musto and Fernando Meza were sent off. The most bizarre game of the day came in Rosario where Central followed up their clasico win with a thrilling victory over Atletico Rafaela. Trailing by two and missing two penalties, the home side still managed to earn a 3-2 win thanks to Hernan Encina’s late strike. In another of the days relegation clashes, Godoy Cruz salvaged a draw against Belgrano in Mendoza leaving them still in the midst of the scrap and level with All Boys in the relegation table. In the late kickoff, Mostaza Merlo’s Racing revival really took off, as they followed up Monday night’s first win of the season with a 3-1 victory against Gimnasia in La Plata. The home side were weakened following last week’s brawl with Arsenal and Racing were able to take full advantage with Luciano Vietto bagging a brace in the well-earned win. WATCH ALL THE ACTION….

ARGENTINOS JUNIORS  4 – 0  OLIMPO
Goals from Hernan Boyero and Daniel Villalba gave Argentinos a comfortable first half lead before things got a little out of hand after the break. Jonathan Blanco and Damian Musto both saw red, allowing Juan Ramirez to add a third and when Fernando Meza reduced Olimpo to eight, Caruso Lombardi’s men were able score a fourth through Enrique Triverio.

ROSARIO CENTRAL  3 – 2  ATLETICO RAFAELA
Lucas Albertengo’s early goal and a Diego Vera penalty looked to be setting Rafaela on the way to an away win but the sending off of Juan Eluchans changed the momentum of the game and despite Federico Carrizo and Sebastian Abreu missing penalties, goals from Hernan Encina (2) and Antonio Medina reversed the scoreline.

GODOY CRUZ  1 – 1  BELGRANO
Fernado Marquez gave Belgrano a first half lead but when the visiting defence were slow to get out of their box after clearing a corner it allowed Leonardo Sigali the oppportunity to avoid the offside trap, control the ball and tap the ball in, unchallenged.

GIMNASIA LA PLATA  1 – 3  RACING CLUB
Still bottom of the table but two wins out of three for Mostaza Merlo show signs of revival for Racing. Young centre-forward, Luciano Vietto’s close range header gave Racing the lead and Gaston Campi headed a second less than 10 minutes later. Facundo Pereyra did pull one back immediately but Vietto’s second, after the break ensured Racing won back-to-back matches.