Boca Colón
Following Newell's Old Boys' victory over River Plate on Saturday, the other sides hoping to keep
up in the race for the title had to win on Sunday, and two of them managed it. Banfield overcame
San Lorenzo 1-0 in Boedo for their first win away to El Cuervo in 13 years, and Estudiantes brushed
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Boca Juniors, San Lorenzo and - who'd have thunk it? - Tigre will have to play a three-team playoff
to decide the 2008 Primera A Torneo Apertura title, after all three won their last matches of the
campaign on Sunday to finish on 39 points. Lanús, who beat San Martín de Tucumán,
are out of [...]
The destination of the 2008 Torneo Apertura title probably won't be decided today - that would
require only one of the top three to win - but those who aren't able to watch any of the matches
can follow it here. I won't be doing live match reports (if you're wondering why, you try watching
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The four - yes, four - matches involving championship contenders on the final weekend of the Torneo
Apertura 2008 will all be played simultaneously, on Sunday afternoon. The AFA announced on Tuesday
that the games would kick off at 5:20pm, bringing them forward almost two hours for security
reasons. It'll be an interesting afternoon for [.
River Plate went temporarily top earlier on Sunday evening, and Boca Juniors leapfrogged them on
goal difference a couple of hours later by beating Colón de Santa Fé 2-1 in La Bombonera. The
league table tonight is topped by the two giants for the first time in a surprisingly long while,
although when the AFA [.
