Ramon Abila knows Boca Juniors have a mountain to climb in the Copa Libertadores semifinal.
Before their team’s home game against historic rivals Boca Juniors, three River Plate fans each held aloft a large inflatable number — a nine, a one and a two.
It was a reference to a date: Dec. 9, 2018, when the two Buenos Aires giants met in the final of the Copa Libertadores and River won 3-1.
Oct. 1 will not be seen as a date of equal significance. This, after all, was only the first leg of the semifinal. But River’s 2-0 win on Tuesday puts them right on course to make it through to this year’s…
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Rafael Borre celebrates after opening the scoring for River Plate against Boca Juniors on Tuesday.
A goal in each half, the first from a VAR assisted penalty, gave River Plate a 2-0 win over arch-rivals Boca Juniors in a tense semifinal first leg of the Copa Libertadores on Tuesday.
Rafael Borre converted a spot kick with seven minutes gone after the Brazilian referee consulted with the VAR and adjudged the same player to have been felled in the penalty area.
Ignacio Fernandez doubled River’s lead with 70 minutes gone when he flicked home a Matias Suarez cut back from the right wing.
Tuesday’s…
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