Overview
- Racing beat Boca Juniors 1-0 away in the first semifinal to become the tournament’s first finalist, awaiting Estudiantes or Gimnasia in Saturday’s decider at the Estadio Madre de Ciudades.
- Adrián “Maravilla” Martínez decided the match with a 30th-minute second-half header from a Gabriel Rojas cross, ending a prolonged personal scoring drought.
- Gustavo Costas deployed a compact, often 5-4-1 look that stifled Boca’s build-up and limited clear chances in a tense, low-margin game.
- Claudio Úbeda’s substitution of Exequiel Zeballos for Alan Velasco drew loud displeasure from fans and a visible protest from captain Leandro Paredes as Boca struggled to respond.
- Boca’s elimination also leaves River Plate out of the 2026 Copa Libertadores, sending them to the Copa Sudamericana instead.