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Boca's Tevez frustrated after five red cards in River friendly
Carlos Tevez was left irate after three Boca Juniors players, and a further two from River Plate, were shown red cards in an ugly friendly on Saturday.

The Argentinian arch-rivals played out an ill-tempered encounter in Mar del Plata that River emerged from as 1-0 winners.

After Jonathan Silva had been shown a red card inside 10 minutes for a lunging tackle that resulted in Gabriel Mercado going off with injury, Tevez conceded a spot-kick that Leonardo Pisculichi converted for the game's only goal – the Boca forward receiving a yellow card as a result.

Gino Peruzzi and Daniel 'Cata' Diaz were also dismissed by the referee, while Jonathan Maidana was sent from the field for headbutting Tevez and Pisculichi followed for his involvement in the ensuing melee.

Boca had two players sent off in their previous friendly against Racing, and Tevez was annoyed their preparations for the new season are being hampered by a lack of discipline.

"We made mistakes and we paid [for them]," Tevez said. "We have to be self-critical, we cannot make these mistakes. We have to control ourselves.

"In four days, five dismissals. You cannot make a footballing analysis. It does not deserve to be looked at in footballing terms in any way."

The Buenos Aires rivals will meet in a second friendly on Saturday ahead of the new Argentinian Primera Division season which is set to begin on February 6.

Pato: Chelsea is my new home
Alexandre Pato has expressed his pleasure at a potentially imminent loan move to Chelsea after arriving in London.

Pato is expected to join the defending Premier League champions on loan from Corinthians after his previous temporary spell at Sao Paulo ended in December.

Chelsea are yet to officially comment on the deal, but the former AC Milan forward called the club his "new home".

"I am so happy. Chelsea is my new home. Thanks to Chelsea for the support, thanks to my fans on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook," Pato told Sky Sports.

"I need to play. I don't know what so say because I'm so happy.

"I am very anxious [to play] and I want to know my new friends, new players, the team. I really want to play in Chelsea."

After struggling to make an impact following his transfer from AC Milan to Corinthians, Pato was sent on loan to Sao Paulo for two seasons, where he scored 19 goals in 62 Campeonato Brasileiro appearances.

Corinthians made no secret of their desire to offload the 26-year-old upon his return last year, with club president Roberto de Andrade stating he was "praying to sell" the striker.

Pato has reportedly turned down a big-money move to China in a bid to make a successful return to Europe.

The Brazilian arrives in the London on the same day Chelsea agreed the sale of Ramires to Chinese side Jiangsu Suning.

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