Sosa caps comeback in Argentinos’ draw with Boca

Posted Monday, February 01, 2010 by AP

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP)—Ismael Sosa scored a stoppage time equalizer as Argentinos Juniors twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Boca Juniors in the Argentine Clausura tournament Sunday.

In the day’s other matches, Sebastian Fernandez scored to give defending champion Banfield a 1-0 win at River Plate, Gonzalo Castillejos hit a late winner to give Lanus a 3-2 home win over Huracan, and Newell’s Old Boys drew 0-0 at home with Independiente.

The results conclude the first round of fixtures in the Clausura tournament, which runs until May. The opening half of the league season, called the Apertura, finished in December.

Martin Palermo scored the first goal for Boca against Argentinos after following up a Riquelme shot in the 45th minute.

Boca seemed to be controlling the match until the 82nd minute when defender Ezequiel Munoz diverted a free kick into his own net to level the scores.

Three minutes later, Riquelme curled a shot into the far corner from the edge of the box to re-establish the lead, but Sosa stabbed the ball into the net following a free kick in the 3rd minute of stoppage time to claim a draw for Argentinos.

Earlier in the day, Fernandez scored the winner for Banfield against River after receiving a pass from Walter Erviti in the 30th minute.

River has struggled in recent tournaments and looked weak in attack without Diego Buonanotte, who will miss the rest of the season after suffering serious injuries in a car crash in December.

Elsewhere, Castillejos scored his second goal of the game in stoppage time to help Lanus come from two goals behind to win 3-2 against Huracan.

Patricio Toranzo opened the scoring for Huracan in the 19th minute with a looping shot that slipped through goalkeeper Agustin Marchesin’s fingers. Gaston Machin added a second from a tight angle in the 25th.

Castillejos pulled a goal back for Lanus in the 74th minute, but Huracan still looked safe until the 85th minute when Gonzalo Garcia received a red card for handling in the box and Maximiliano Velazquez equalized from the penalty.

Diego Latus hit the post for Lanus in the 88th minute, before Castillejos sealed the comeback victory with the winner in the 91st minute.

In the day’s other match, Apertura runner-up Newell’s Old Boys played out a scoreless draw with Independiente.

In other results from the weekend’s first round fixtures it was: Godoy Cruz 1, Gimnasia La Plata 0; Estudiantes La Plata 3, Arsenal de Sarandi 0; Tigre 0, Chacarita Juniors 2; Velez Sarsfield 1, Colon de Santa Fe 1; Racing Club 3, Rosario Central 0; Atletico Tucuman 0, San Lorenzo 1.