River Plate gets good start

Funes Mori scored one minute into second-half injury time Sunday to give River Plate a 1-0 win over Tigre.

River's first match of the Apertura season yielded a positive result. River is threatened this season with relegation and needs all the points it can get. Relegation in Argentina is determined on points earned over several seasons, and the last few have been poor for River.

In other results Sunday to wrap up the first round, Banfield defeated Olimpo 2-1, Gimnasia La Plata and San Lorenzo played to a 0-0 draw, Velez Sarsfield defeated Independiente 1-0, and Boca Juniors drew 1-1 with Godoy Cruz.

Seven teams won on the first weekend: Huracan, …