Racing Club vs Boca Juniors

Racing Club and Boca Juniors traded blows and shared the points in a lively clásico at El Cilindro, with an early penalty setting up a tense afternoon that neither side could win. Racing Club struck first from the spot, but Boca Juniors answered before the half-hour mark to level things. Marcos Rojo opened the scoring in the 8th minute, converting a penalty after Ayrton Costa fouled Ezequiel Cannavo inside the box. Boca responded in the 27th minute when Miguel Merentiel finished off a move started by Leonel Flores to make it 1-1. Both sides picked up yellow cards as tempers flared, though the match stayed at eleven versus eleven throughout. The draw does little to lift either club out of the lower half of the Clausura table. Racing Club remain winless since their season opener, while Boca Juniors stretched their draw streak to three, keeping pressure on both benches ahead of the next round.