US EditionBoca Heap More Misery on River with 2-0 Superclasico Win
Boca Juniors moved top of Group A with 26 points, securing a third straight league win and a Copa Libertadores spot, while River Plate lost six of their last seven matches.
- On Sunday, Boca Juniors earned a deserved 2-0 home league victory over River Plate as Exequiel Zeballos scored in stoppage time and assisted Miguel Merentiel early in the second half.
- Amid a slump, River Plate have lost six league matches and were limited to efforts from Maximiliano Salas and Kevin Castano, with Maxi Meza injured and replaced by Matias Galarza.
- A VAR review overturned a penalty after Milton Gimenez was brought down by Franco Armani, Miguel Merentiel’s goal was ruled offside, and Matias Galarza missed a late chance for River.
- By winning, Boca Juniors secured a Copa Libertadores spot with their third straight league win, while fans paid tribute to former coach Miguel Angel Russo and Merentiel said, `We dedicate this to Miguel, who gave everything for this club.`
- Merentiel told TNT Sports `We needed this match to show that we have a great team. This is for all the fans who always support us`, and Boca will host Tigre next Sunday while River plays at Velez.
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Boca heap more misery on River with 2-0 Superclasico win
BUENOS AIRES :Boca Juniors earned a deserved 2-0 home league victory over River Plate in Sunday's Argentine Superclasico, extending their bitter rivals' dismal run with goals from Exequiel Zeballos and Miguel Merentiel.The defeat leaves River mired in a slump, having lost six of their last seven league matche
Buenos Aires, Nov 9 (EFE).- Boca Juniors qualified this Sunday to the Copa Libertadores of 2026 and the eighths of the final of the current Tournament Closing after defeating in La Bombonera by 2-0 River Plate in a new edition of the superclassic of Argentine football in coincidence with the final day of the Tournament Closing.With goals of the young Exequiel Zeballos (m.45) and Uruguayan Miguel Ángel Merentiel (m.47), the Xeneize cut a series o…
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BUENOS AIRES (AP) — On a perfect afternoon for Boca Juniors, the Xeneize defeated River Plate 2-0 on Sunday in the Argentine football classic and secured their qualification for the 2026 Copa Libertadores.
Boca Juniors qualified this Sunday for the Copa Libertadores of 2026 and the eighth of the final of the current Tournament Closing after defeating in the Bombonera by 2-0 River Plate in a new edition of the superclassical Argentine football, coinciding with the final day of the Tournament Closing.
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Soccer-Boca heap more misery on River with 2-0 Superclasico win Boca Juniors earned a deserved 2-0 home league victory over River Plate in Sunday's Argentine Superclasico, extending their bitter rivals' dismal run with goals from Exequiel Zeballos and Miguel Merentiel. The defeat leaves River mired in a slump, having lost six of their last seven league matches as they sit sixth in Group B of the Clausura competition with 21 points, 10 adrift of …
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