BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP)—River Plate beat Arsenal 1-0
ugg boots 2010 Sunday to take a share of the lead in Argentina’s Apertura tournament and look more like a champion than a possible candidate for relegation. Gabriel Funes Mori scored with a second-half header to improve River Plate to 13 points—the same as Velez Sarsfield and Estudiantes, which has a game in hand on the other two. San Lorenzo and Arsenal both have 12 points. River and Arsenal finished with 10 men after River’s Roberto Pereyra and Arsenal’s Pablo Aguilar were sent off just before the final whistle. River Plate is coming off two poor seasons and another weak finish could see the storied club relegated. Relegation in Argentina is based on the results over several seasons Boca Juniors also claimed a much-needed win Sunday. Goals from Lucas Viatri, Martin Palermo and Juan Insaurralde earned a 3-1 victory at Olimpo and eased the pressure on new coach Claudio Borghi after a stuttering start to
UGG Mini Boots the season. Boca has only seven points. Elsewhere, defending champion Argentinos Juniors are still without a victory after losing 2-1 at home to Newell’s Old Boys, while Independiente is also winless after being held to a scoreless draw at home against newly promoted Quilmes. Independiente and Quilmes have only three points, and Argentinos and Gimnasia are worse off with only two. In Brazil, Botafogo capitalized on losses by leaders Fluminense and Corinthians to move into third place Sunday with a 2-0 victory over Sao Paulo. Uruguay striker Sebastian Abreu and midfielder Edno
UGG Tall Metallic Boots scored for Botafogo, which improved to 37 points—four behind league-leading Fluminense and one in back of No. 2 Corinthians. On Saturday, Fluminense allowed an injury-time goal in a 2-1 loss to Atletico Goianiense in Goiania, its second loss in three matches. Led by playmaker Deco, Fluminense had been dominating the competition but has won only once in the last five matches. Corinthians missed a chance to move closer by losing 1-0 to 12th-place Gremio at Pacaembu stadium, a result that snapped the team’s 10-match winning streak at home. Former Corinthians midfielder Douglas scored the winner with a shot from the top of the area in the 34th to give Gremio its first away victory and extend its unbeaten streak to five matches. Playing without Ronaldo as he continues to try to
UGG Short Metallic Boots regain his fitness, Corinthians missed a penalty in the 60th when Brazil goalkeeper Victor stopped the shot from former Boca Juniors striker Iarley. In Mexico, goals from Matias Vuoso and Miguel Layun on Sunday gave America a 2-0 Sunday win over Morelia and the top spot in Group 2 of Mexico’s Apertura tournament. America’s sixth straight game without a loss moved it onto 12 points. Cruz Azul defeated Atlas 3-1 on Saturday to move up to 18 points in Group 3 — the top point total in the league. Santos and Monterrey lead Group 1 with 15 points. On Saturday, Santos were trounced 5-2 by Queretaro and Monterrey defeated Tigres 1-0. Vuoso scored after only five minutes and
UGG Argyle Knit Boots Layun got his in the 60th after Morelia goalkeeper Federico Vilar was caught off his line. Horacio Cervantes, Javier Orozco and Christian Gimenez found the net to give Cruz Azul the win at Atlas, which is still looking for its first victory. In Chile, Universidad Catolica defeated Union Espanola 2-0 to take over first place on Sunday. The victory was coupled with Colo Colo’s 3-1 loss to Audax Italiano. Catolica has 49 points and Colo Colo 48 after 23 rounds.
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