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Coach Oscar Ruggieri was jeered and insulted by the crowd as Indpendiente lost their unbeaten record in the Argentine championship at the weekend.
Chilean striker Marcelo Salas's injury problems continued as he limped off in the second minute of River Plate's match at home to Olimpo and his replacement Fernando Cavenaghi scored twice in the 3-0 win.
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Independiente slipped from second to fifth in the Apertura championship after
losing 2-1 at home to unfashionable provincial club Colon, who climbed to third.
Substitute Gustavo Savoia scored the winner with seven minutes remaining after Cesar Carignano had opened the scoring for the visitors in the 51st minute and Leonel Rios equalised two minutes later. Ticketmaster
Independiente fans vented their wrath on former World Cup defender Ruggeri, who has failed to endear himself to them since taking over earlier this year.
"I've rarely been as disappointed as I am today," said the man known affectionately as Big Head (Cabezon).
"I've never been an idol here, not even when I started. It's logical that they don't applaud me." Ticketmaster
Salas, who only returned from a month's injury layoff last Wednesday, limped off with what appeared to be a recurrence of his nagging thigh problem against Olimpo.
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Cavenaghi fired River ahead 12 minutes later and scored a second from a counter-attack four minutes before halftime.
Osmar Ferreyra added the third with three minutes left, one minute after Olimpo's Javier Paez had been sent off. Ticketmaster
River, the defending champions, moved up to 13th after only their second win of the championship, lifting some pressure off beleaguered Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini.
South American champions Boca Juniors, still without injured striker Carlos Tevez, stayed top despite being held 1-1 at Talleres.
Defender Rolando Schiavi put Boca ahead by converting a controversially awarded penalty in the 27th minute. Ticketmaster
The Cordoba club hit back through Maximiliano Velazquez in the second half.
Rosario Central went second place and closed the gap to two points by winning 1-0 at Nueva Chicago with a German Herrera goal. Ticketmaster
Estudiantes, led
by Argentina's 1986 World Cup winning coach Carlos Bilardo, beat local rivals
Gimnasia-La Plata 1-0 as they won for the second time in eight games.