Apertura 2011 Round 1 - League of Draws

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Apertura seems to have started exactly where Clausura left : home teams that don't know how to win, and visitors that feel comfortable just waiting and playing on counterattacks.

This was what happened to All Boys in a very boring game where Belgrano found a goal on a defensive mistake. The home team was lucky to answer fast right when things started to get complicated for them.
The game was pretty similar to Union - Argentinos Juniors the day before and a fair score would have been a scoreless draw.

Atletico Rafaela showed exactly what was expected from them and proving that they are a team with good tactical order.
They found 2 goals very fast (of course it wasn't deserved so early) and even though they had to play almost the whole 2nd half with 9 men due to two stupid red cards (but both deserved), they knew how to hold Banfield.
The home team also proved that they will need to adapt to this new midfield and it might not be easy. They probably deserved to score at least 1 goal, but all their scoring positions came from long balls or desperate attempts.

Union - Argentinos was intense match, but bad played. Few chances to score for both teams and a very deserved draw in a match that should have been a scoreless one.

Arsenal and Colon looked like they exchanged jerseys at half time. The first half was almost completely dominated by the home team and they ended it getting a very deserved 1-0 lead.
But in the 2nd half it was the visitors who took control of the game and Arsenal just went back and gave them the ball. In 3 minutes Colon scored 2 goals and took 3 points that in the first half looked completely impossible.

Godoy Cruz and Velez had a very balanced first half with the home team leading 1-0, but right before it ended defender Nicolas Sanchez received a silly red card for arguing a call and the game changed.
Velez scored a very deserved draw and could have won it as they had the best chances in the 2nd half.

Draws, draws and more draws...well, except for San Lorenzo :(
The strangest thing was that "we" definitely didn't deserve to lose. First half was very balanced until Lanus scored through an own goal.
After that they barely had any shots at goal, and I can even say that in the 2nd half they didn't cross the midfield line. San Lorenzo didn't have a great performance but had at least 2 or 3 very clear chances to get the draw. As a fan I left the stadium not really worried because the team showed very good attitude, hopefully results will be there too.
Lanus didn't show much but it's important to say that not only they missed Diego Valeri as expected, but also Mauro Camoranesi got injured after 10 minutes and they have some players still not ready to debut.

All other Sunday games were draws, and all were fair results. Maybe Estudiantes, who missed the best chances in their visit to Newell's, deserved to win it but the difference was not that big.

Olimpo as expected didn't have much problems to stop a Boca that looked too much like the poor team they were last season, and Racing started playing better than Tigre and when they took
the 1-0 lead it looked very difficult that the home team could score the draw, but in the 2nd half the visitors looked tired and Tigre slowly started to dominate and in the end got the draw that was overall deserved.
With one game left to be played in this first round (Independiente - San Martin de San Juan, postponed and with no date yet) there were no home wins and 6 draws in 9 games.

This will be the Round 2 Schedule :

Monday August 15
15.00--Atlético Rafaela-Arsenal de Sarandí
17.05--Estudiantes de la Plata-San Lorenzo
19.10--Vélez Sarsfield-Banfield
21.15--Boca Juniors-Unión

Tuesday August 16
15.00--San Martín de San Juan-Tigre
17.05--Lanús-Independiente
21.15--Argentinos Juniors-Newell’s Old Boys

Wednesday August 17
17.05--Colón de Santa Fe-All Boys
19.10--Belgrano de Córdoba-Olimpo de Bahía Blanca
21.15--Racing Club-Godoy Cruz