The proud footballing suburb of Avellaneda was licking its wounds on Sunday after its two big teams, Independiente and Racing Club, were both crushed 4-0 in the Argentine league championship. Independiente, with high hopes after their promotion, conceded four goals in the second half against leaders Velez Sarsfield at their Libertadores de America ground in a second successive defeat on Saturday. Striker Lucas Pratto, whom Velez hung on to despite efforts by title holders River Plate to sign him last month, gave Velez a two-goal lead to take his tournament tally to three. "I'd like to be the (championship) top scorer but we've lost 14 goals with Mauro Zarate's departure," Pratto said referring to his former strike partner who left Velez for West Ham United in England. Read More http://ift.tt/1zmvOxT
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