River was defeated while in the cup

Celebration of the Boca players who excelled and beat River in the Bombonera to qualify for the Libertadores/Fotobers

Boca dominated the Super Clásico. With an impressive performance, they defeated River 2-0 at La Bombonera and qualified for next year’s Copa Libertadores. The two goals of the match for the “Xeneize” team were scored by Exequiel Zeballos in the 46th minute of the first half, and Miguel Merentiel in the 2nd minute of the second half.

The development of the first half was difficult and he did not have clear control. Although Boca was the most determined and most dangerous team, the newcomers did not have the clarity necessary to break zero.

But when it looked like the game would go into the break tied goalless, Ayrton Costa sent a long ball to Zeballos, who collected the ball after a defensive error from Paulo Diaz and fired home. Although Franco Armani succeeded in blocking the first shot, the Blue and Gold striker took advantage of the rebound and did not waste this time.

In this way, the team led by Claudio Ubeda entered the break with a lead on the scoreboard and with the confidence that they were able to take the lead a few minutes before the end of the first half.

So much so that the sons of La Ribera came out, at the beginning of the second stage, determined to expand the lead in the match and got it under the feet of the Uruguayan Miguel Merentel, who not only pushed the ball into the bottom of the net after a wonderful run from Zeballos.

The defeated River had the opportunity to score in the match under the feet of Gonzalo Montiel, but the world champion with the Argentine national team in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was unable to finish the match comfortably.

Minutes later, a new controversy arose when Miguel Borja, trying to shoot at the goal defended by Agustin Marchesin, hit Ayrton Costa’s knee and referee Nicolas Ramírez showed him a yellow card. This decision angered all of Zenize’s substitutes, who demanded the expulsion of the Colombian striker.

In the 34th minute, the person responsible for administering justice decided to impose the maximum penalty in favor of Boca after Armani committed an alleged violation on Milton Jimenez inside the penalty area. However, at the request of the VAR, Ramirez overturned the decision and annulled the penalty.

Xeneize struck at crucial moments: at the end of the first half and at the beginning of the match

In the last moments, the match stopped and both teams had chances to score. First, Nunez’s goalkeeper won a one-on-one duel against Jimenez himself, while in the next match, Matias Galarza Fonda had a chance in his head to score a goal for the Millionaire’s team, but he shot wide.

Finally, the scoreboard remains unchanged, with Boca remaining with three crucial points to secure its qualification to the Copa Libertadores 2026. The Blue and Gold team concludes the regular stage by facing Tigre on Sunday, November 16, while River will do the same against Velez as a visitor.

With this result, the team led by Claudio Ubeda imposed itself at the top of Zone A of the local championship and confirmed its participation in the next edition of the most important tournament on the continent, by obtaining second place in the annual table.

For their part, a team led by Marcelo Gallardo, who recently extended his association with the “Pandas”, cannot raise their heads and added a new defeat (the fifth in the last six matches) that put them in sixth place in Zone B with 21 points and left them without the possibility of reaching the Copa Libertadores due to the general classification of the professional league.