Overview
- Boca beat River 1-0 at the Monumental on Sunday, with captain Leandro Paredes converting a first‑half stoppage‑time penalty awarded after a VAR review.
- Paredes was later substituted with a reported muscle problem, and Ander Herrera came on in the second half.
- The result extended Boca's unbeaten run and left it all but qualified for the Torneo Apertura knockout stage with two matches to play.
- River's defeat ended Eduardo Coudet's early unbeaten start and followed recent injury blows to midfielders Fausto Vera and Juan Fernando Quintero.
- Off the pitch, Boca's basketball team claimed its first Basketball Champions League Americas title on Saturday, defeating Brazil's Sesi Franca 86-72 in Buenos Aires.