This must have been one of the worst matches I`ve seen River played. Once again the defence was the problem, above all. River started winning just like many other ocassions, with a goal from Victor Zapata at the 8th min., however that was going to be all. German Herrera, the man of the match, scored the equalizing goal for San Lorenzo at the 22nd min.

Herrera screams the first goal for San Lorenzo

The 2nd half showed more of San Lorenzo and nothing of River. At the 36th min Zabaleta and at the 44th after the red card for Gandolfi, Coudet (former River Plate player), sentenced the 3-1 for the winners. It was a very poor match for River and I hope it won`t be repeated. One curious data is that San Lorenzo won only 2 matches so far in the tournament and those 2 happened to be against Boca and River scoring in both of them 3 goals.

A reflection of what was River yesterday. Gandolfi is being expelled

On other results Racing won 2-0 to Central, Estudiantes tied 0-0 agaisnt Lanus and Velez won 2-0 agaisnt Huracan.

Standings after 12 matches:

Estudiantes 25
Velez 25
River 23
Racing 23
Central 21

Next match for River will be against Olimpo.