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Ramón: "En estos tres domingos nos jugamos cosas importantes"

BUENOS AIRES -- El entrenador de River Plate, Ramón Díaz, destacó el triunfo 1-0 de su equipo ante Arsenal en el Monumental por la séptima fecha del Torneo Final y consideró que en los próximos tres compromisos el club de Núñez tendrá cotejos clave.

"Esta semana nos da la oportunidad de recuperar a todos, vamos a jugar en estos tres domingos cosas importantes", aseguró el adiestrador en su contacto con los periodistas, tras el triunfo ante los del Viaducto que lo reacomodó a tres puntos del líder Colón de Santa Fe.

Ocurre que el penal convertido por el capitán y referente Fernando Cavenaghi lo ubicó a River en "el pelotón" de animadores de la competencia doméstica, a doce fechas del desenlace, y en el corto plazo las mesas de examen incluyen una visitante de All Boys y una recepción a Lanús, pero después habrá una prueba de fuego, frente a Boca Juniors en La Bombonera.

Díaz además analizó lo que fue la ajustada victoria millonaria frente a Arsenal y recalcó la dificultad que presentó el elenco de Sarandí: "Jugamos ante un equipo que tiene mucha experiencia, que se agrupa bien, que tiene una muy buena pelota parada, pero rescato la actitud de los jugadores, sacamos siete puntos de los últimos nueve. Hay que elogiar el esfuerzo, hubo mucha presión en estos partidos. Esperemos recuperar a los jugadores, hay que mejorar algunas cosas, como que nos fuimos tan agresivos en el primer tiempo".

Por otra parte, el director técnico de River se entusiasmó con la posición que alcanzó su equipo en la tabla: "¿Cómo no nos vamos a ilusionar? El equipo va mejorando poco a poco, si me gustaría que el equipo sea más intenso. Tengo que decir que el esfuerzo que están haciendo es muy grande. Estamos a tres puntos, parecía que era un River que se alejaba, pero ahora estamos ahí".

Merlo, tras la caída de Racing ante Boca: "De esto se sale trabajando"

BUENOS AIRES -- El entrenador del Racing Club, Reinaldo Merlo, resaltó que de la crísis de resultados "se sale trabajando", por lo que dio a entender que continuará en el puesto a pesar del nuevo revés, el 1-2 ante Boca Juniors en el Cilindro de Avellaneda.

"De esto se sale trabajando", sintetizó Merlo, en declaraciones para Canal 7, apenas concluyó el clásico correspondiente a la séptima fecha del Torneo Final.

El presente de los de Avellaneda indica que se encuentran en el fondo de la tabla, con cuatro unidades, producto de una sola victoria, en la primera fecha ante Colón de Santa Fé, cinco caídas y un empate.

"Hoy creamos tres o cuatro situaciones de gol, jugamos un buen segundo tiempo, pero no alcanzó" se lamentó el ex entrenador de Douglas Haig de Pergamino, quien no encuentra el rumbo de un equipo que comenzó como candidato y que fecha a fecha fue perdiendo terreno en la lucha por el torneo.

Racing enfrentará en la próxima jornada a Newell´s Old Boys en Rosario, en lo que será la búsqueda de los ansiados tres puntos que signifiquen el despegue de la entidad racinguista.

Riquelme: "Son cosas del vestuario, la gente tiene que estar contenta"

BUENOS AIRES -- Juan Román Riquelme rompió tras el triunfo por 2-1 ante el Racing Club el corto silencio, deslizó acerca de los problemas internos que "son cosas del vestuario" y resaltó que "la gente de Boca tiene que estar feliz" por el resultado, que los reacomoda a cuatro puntos de la cima del Torneo Final.

"Son cosas del vestuario nuestro, la gente de Boca tiene que estar feliz porque ganamos", sintetizó Riquelme con un tono amigable en declaraciones para Canal 7, ni bien concluyó el clásico, en el mismo campo de juego del Cilindro de Avellaneda.

"Necesitamos ganar, nosotros tenemos la ilusión de pelear el torneo hasta el final; hacía mucho tiempo que no ganábamos de visitante", valoró Riquelme.

Y siguió con su visión positiva: "La cosa es sumar de a tres y estamos más cerca".

Respecto de la competencia doméstica, a doce fechas del desenlace, el capitán auriazul sostuvo que "todos los partidos son muy difíciles" y "los equipos muy parejos".

Liga MX Wrap: Tigres UANL end Cruz Azul unbeaten run

Cruz Azul suffered their first Liga MX loss of the season and Toluca took advantage to close the gap to the league leaders.

Tigres UANL stunned Cruz Azul 3-0 as Luis Tena´s men saw their lead at the top cut to just three points.

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Juninho opened the scoring in the eighth minute with a well-struck penalty, and it was 2-0 just before the half-hour mark.

Alan Pulido lost his marker and headed in from close range as Cruz Azul uncharacteristically let themselves down in defence.

Carlos Salcido was sent off for hosts Tigres UANL on 65 minutes, but they still managed a third through United States international Jose Francisco Torres.

Cruz Azul had conceded just three goals in nine league games heading into the encounter, yet Tigres UANL were far too good.

Toluca took their chance to close the gap by claiming a 3-0 win at home to Puebla.

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Brazilian Wilson Mathias tapped in a 27th-minute opener after a set-piece before Raul Nava tucked away a penalty early in the second half.

Carlos Esquivel scored the pick of the goals 12 minutes before full-time with a thunderous 30-yard strike into the top corner.

Michael Arroyo was a four-goal hero for Atlante, leading his side to a 4-2 victory over Queretaro.

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Enner Valencia built on his goal for Ecuador in their mid-week win over Australia by netting a brace to lead Pachuca to a 2-0 victory over a Monterrey side who finished with nine men.

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Pumas UNAM suffered a 3-1 loss at Morelia after giving up a lead while America lost again, beaten 4-2 by Santos Laguna.

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Leon conceded late to lose 1-0 at home to Veracruz, Tijuana overcame Guadalajara 2-0 and Carlos Ochoa´s brace helped Chiapas fight back for a 2-2 draw at Atlas.

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Costa Rica Primera Division Wrap: Wins for Herediano, Deportivo Saprissa

Herediano and Deportivo Saprissa continued their tight battle at the top of the Costa Rica Primera Division with hard-fought wins.

League leaders Herediano remain a point clear thanks to Victor Nunez, who led them to a 2-1 victory at home to Uruguay on Sunday.

Deportivo Saprissa kept the pressure on with a 1-0 victory at Perez Zeledon.
Marvin Solano´s Herediano made a dreadful start at home to Uruguay, who went ahead in the second minute when Keyner Brown scrambled in a corner at the back post.

The hosts also struck from a corner just 10 minutes later when Nunez somehow bundled in an equaliser.

Nunez found the winner in the dying stages to see Herediano bounce back from their loss at Carmelita last time out.

Carlos Saucedo struck a 36th-minute winner for Deportivo Saprissa as they overcame bottom side Perez Zeledon 1-0.

Alajuelense´s 12th league match was postponed until March 16 as the third-placed side prepare for their CONCACAF Champions League quarter-final tie against Arabe Unido.

Jameson Scott´s sixth-minute penalty was all UCR needed to claim a 1-0 win at Cartagines.

Eder Munguio was the hero for Santos de Guapiles as they edged past Limon 1-0 and Belen Siglo XXI were 2-0 winners at lowly Puntarenas.

Venezuela Primera Division Wrap: Zamora increase advantage with Tachira scalp

Zamora climbed four points clear atop the Venezuela Primera Division as they continued their goalscoring ways.

Noel Sanvicente´s men struck three times in six second-half minutes to brush past Deportivo Tachira 3-0.

Zamora are four points clear of Caracas, who could only draw, and third-placed Tucanes after seven wins in nine league games this season.

They took their tally of goals to 21 thanks to Juan Falcon, Luis Vargas and Pedro Ramirez at the Estadio Rafael Agustin Tovar.

Falcon scored first on 58 minutes, Vargas four minutes later and Ramirez just moments later.

Caracas were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Mineros de Guayana.

Juan Garcia´s 75th-minute goal helped Tucanes draw level on points with Caracas with a 1-0 win at home to Llaneros de Guayana.

Deportivo Lara are unbeaten and fourth after a come-from-behind 3-1 victory at Atletico Venezuela.

Trujillanos battled to a 1-0 win at Carabobo, Deportivo Anzoategui overcame Yaracuyanos 1-0 and Zulia edged Estudiantes de Merida 4-3.
Herlin Cuica scored a second-half brace for the 11th-placed victors.

Aragua and Deportivo La Guaira drew 0-0 and Atletico El Vigia were 2-0 victors at home to Deportivo Petare.

Ecuador Primera A Wrap: Independiente, Loja slip up to send Emelec top


Undefeated Emelec capitalised on their nearest rivals dropping points to move top of the Ecuador Primera A.

Gustavo Quinteros´ men are a point clear at the top after their fifth win in six league games – a 4-1 victory over a sloppy Manta.

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Independiente del Valle were held to a 0-0 draw at home to LDU Quito and LDU Loja were unable to win at Universidad Catolica.

Former Everton striker Denis Stracqualursi put Emelec ahead at home to Manta on 19 minutes, drilling a penalty down the middle after a sloppy challenge led to the spot-kick.

Manta were left rueing their own mistakes once more when they went 2-0 down in the 73rd minute.

A long pass looked to be doing no danger to their defence, only for Ricardo Lopez to nod over his own goalkeeper while trying to play it back to the shot-stopper.

Another penalty three minutes later led to the third as Angel Mena scored from the spot on this occasion.

Efren Mera struck with a brilliant volley for Manta on 81 minutes, only for Emelec to score once more soon after.

Marcos Caicedo put away a wonderful long pass to complete Emelec´s huge win, with the league leaders top despite having played two fewer games than their nearest challengers.

At Universidad Catolica, Fabio Renato and Henry Patta traded goals in the opening nine minutes as LDU Loja were held to a 1-1 draw.

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El Nacional came from behind to beat winless Deportivo Cuenca 2-1 and Mushuc Runa claimed their first win of the season with a 1-0 victory at home to Olmedo.

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Deportivo Quito came from behind to overcome Barcelona 2-1.

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Liga del Futbol Profesional Boliviano Wrap: Club Universitario open gap


Club Universitario moved three points clear atop the Liga del Futbol Profesional Boliviano as their nearest rivals slipped up.

Javier Vega´s Club Universitario side continued Blooming´s horror run with a 4-2 victory at the Estadio Olimpico Patria.

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With Real Potosi and San Jose both drawing and Sport Boys and The Strongest losing, Vega´s men pulled clear at the top.

Gustavo Pinedo and Martin Palavicini scored twice in the comfortable win over Blooming on Saturday.

Pinedo opened the scoring a minute before half-time and Palavicini netted two minutes after the break.

Palavicini made it 3-0 on 55 minutes from the penalty spot and Pinedo sealed the result just after the hour-mark.

Dustin Maldonado and Juan Valverde scored consolation goals for Blooming, who have lost five straight league games.

Real Potosi gave up a two-goal lead at Nacional Potosi as the derby finished in a 2-2 draw at the Estadio Victor Agustin Ugarte.

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Cristian Diaz struck twice before the hour-mark, but the visitors conceded twice in four minutes as Miguel Ortiz and Bryan Aldave responded for Nacional.

San Jose were unable to find a goal at Wilstermann as they drew 0-0.

Mariano Brau´s 85th-minute winner saw Oriente Petrolero upset Sport Boys 1-0 and The Strongest were beaten 3-2 at Guabira.

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William Ferreira scored his fifth and sixth goals of the campaign to help Bolivar to a 3-0 win at home to Aurora.

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Chile Primera Division Wrap: Colo Colo cruise past Union La Calera

Colo Colo continued their stunning start to the Chile Primera Division campaign as Universidad Catolica stayed six points behind.

Doubles from Esteban Paredes and Luis Pavez saw Colo Colo to a comfortable 5-1 win over Union La Calera at the Estadio Francisco Sanchez Rumoroso.

Hector Tapia´s men have won nine of their opening 10 league games and sit six points clear of Universidad Catolica, with O´Higgins third a further point back.

Colo Colo needed 33 minutes to go ahead at Union La Calera as Felipe Flores headed in from a set-piece.

Paredes sent Juan Ojeda the wrong way from the penalty spot a minute before half-time to make it 2-0.

Pavez found the bottom corner with a left-footed strike from inside the area just before the hour-mark and added another with a tap in on 70 minutes.

Paulo Rosales scored for the hosts seven minutes later before Paredes had more joy from the penalty spot to complete the rout.

Paredes, 33, has scored nine times in the league this season, although four of them have come from the penalty spot.

Universidad Catolica battled to a 2-0 win over bottom side Rangers on Sunday thanks to goals from Dario Bottinelli and Milovan Mirosevic.

O´Higgins returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory at home to Universidad Chile and fourth-placed Palestino edged Huachipato 2-1.

Luciano Vazquez went from hero to villain for Nublense, opening the scoring before being sent off in their 1-1 draw at Santiago Wanderers.

Gustavo Canales led Union Espanola past nine-man Audax Italiano 3-2 as he and Felipe Mora both struck braces.

Manuel Villalobos continued his fine form, scoring his second hat-trick in three games in Deportes Iquique´s 5-2 win at home to Cobreloa.

Ever Cantero netted twice in Cobresal´s 2-0 win at home to Everton and Universidad Concepcion and Antofagasta played out a 1-1 draw.


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Uruguay Primera Division Wrap: Nacional capitalise on Fenix fumble

Nacional closed to within a point of top place in the Uruguay Primera Division after leaders Fenix suffered a surprise loss.

Fenix were beaten 2-1 at home to Rentistas and saw their lead cut to a point after Nacional came from behind to beat El Tanque Sisley 3-1.

At Nacional´s Estadio Gran Parque Central in Montevideo, the visitors took a shock eighth-minute lead through Junior Arias.

But Gerardo Pelusso´s men responded in the 24th minute when Juan Cruz Mascia struck and just after half-time they took the lead.

Henry Gimenez put Nacional ahead and substitute Andres Scotti sealed the points in the 71st minute.

Rentistas climbed up to eighth with just their third win of the season as they handed the league leaders their first loss.

Guillermo Maidana and Bruno Pinatares scored for the visitors and they held on despite Gonzalo Vega pulling a goal back for Fenix on 89 minutes.

Defensor Sporting grabbed the biggest win of the round, climbing to third after a 5-1 thrashing of Cerro Largo.

Giorgian De Arrascaeta scored a first-half brace before goals after the interval from Leonardo Pais, Felipe Conceicao and a Matias Alonso penalty.

Leonardo Rivero netted a consolation goal for the hosts in the 90th minute.

Elsewhere, Penarol came from behind to edge Wanderers 2-1, Danubio were 3-2 winners at Juventud and River Plate scored late twice to beat Miramar Misiones 2-0.

Mid-table sides Liverpool and Racing played out a 2-2 draw and Cerro remain the league´s only winless side after a 1-1 draw at home to Sud America.

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