Overview
- Independiente beat Everton de Viña del Mar 5–3 at Montevideo’s Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera in the Serie Río de la Plata.
- Scorers for the Argentine side were Walter Mazzantti, Luciano Cabral, Gabriel Ávalos, Lautaro Millán and Ignacio Pussetto, with Alan Medina, Julián Alfaro and Braian Martínez netting for Everton.
- In a morning friendly behind closed doors at the Campeón del Siglo, Independiente topped Peñarol 2–1 with goals from Juan Fedorco and Ignacio Malcorra after an opener by Leonardo Fernández.
- New signing Ignacio Malcorra marked a standout debut by scoring against Peñarol and supplying multiple assists in the evening win over Everton after arriving from Rosario Central.
- Quinteros split the Peñarol match into two 30‑minute halves and rotated heavily to assess options, with Serie Río de la Plata fixtures carried on ESPN Premium and streamed on Disney+.