Independiente defeated Atlético Rafaela 3-1 in the eighth round of the Apertura Tournament. The game was held at the Monumental de Rafaela stadium.
At 20′ of the first half, Independiente’s Leonel Núñez opened the score, and two minutes later, his teammate Brian Nieva netted the second goal.
Nicolás Castro scored Rafaela’s goal at 17′ of the second half.
At the last minute of the game, Osmar Ferreyra scored Independiente’s third goal.
Atlético de Rafaela: Guillermo Sara; Fabricio Fontanini, Oscar Carniello, Martín Zbrun and Hugo Iriarte; Walter Serrano, Iván Juárez, Matías Fissore and Alexis Nicolás Castro; Federico González and Darío Gandín. Coach: Carlos Trullet.
Independiente: Fabián Assmann; Julián Velázquez, Carlos Matheu, Gabriel Milito and Adrián Argachá; Fernando Godoy, Cristian Pellerano and Osmar Ferreyra; Leonel Núñez; Facundo Parra and Brian Nieva. Coach: Ramón Díaz.
Referee: Juan Pablo Pompei.
Stadium: Monumental de Rafaela.