In the context of the fifth round of the 2025 Apertura Tournament, Racing lost 3-2 to Argentinos Juniors at home, interrupting their streak of two consecutive victories. Alan Lescano, Tomás Molina, and Sebastián Prieto scored for Argentinos, while Martín Barrios and Marco Di Cesare scored for Racing, managed by Gustavo Costas.
Argentinos Juniors opened the scoring in the 22nd minute with a goal from Lescano after a pass from José Herrera. Later, in the 27th minute, Molina increased the lead for the visiting team. At the start of the second half, Prieto scored the third for Argentinos.
However, Racing managed to react in the final minutes of the match. Barrios scored the first goal for his team, followed by Di Cesare, who scored the second goal for Racing, establishing the final score of 3-2 in favor of Argentinos.
As for the lineup of both teams, Racing lined up with Gabriel Arias in goal, Di Cesare, Colombo, and Escudero in defense, Martirena, Nardoni, Almendra, and Rojas in midfield, and Solari, Balboa, and Salas in the attack, under the technical direction of Gustavo Costas. On the other hand, Argentinos lined up Rodríguez in goal, Lozano, Álvarez, Godoy, and Prieto in defense, Vega, Fattori, and Oroz in midfield, and Lescano, Herrera, and Molina in attack, with Nicolás Diez as the coach.
The match took place at the Estadio Cilindro de Avellaneda, with Hernán Mastrángelo as the referee and Jorge Baliño in charge of VAR. The substitutions made during the match included players such as Zuculini, Zaracho, Viveros, Rodríguez, Sosa, and Gómez, among others, who entered at different times for both teams.
