Boca Juniors 1-0 River Plate (River Plate win 2-1 on aggregate)Venezuelan sub Jan Hurtado scores late goal but River hold onNot for the first time in a Superclásico, events off the pitch were rather more impressive than what happened on it. Boca Juniors’ fans were just as raucous as reputation demands and for half an hour before kick-off La Bombonera was a writhing mass of blue and yellow.
Once the game had begun, though, it was all rather calmer, which was just as River Plate wanted it. Even after conceding with 10 minutes remaining, they never really seemed in danger. A 1-0 defeat gave River a 2-1 aggregate victory and secured their place in next month’s final, where they will meet either Flamengo or Grêmio. (Where it will be played is rather harder to say. The Libertadores’ first one-off final is scheduled for the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, but the ongoing
protests in Chile and the declaration of a state of emergency may make that impossible.)