Overview
- Argentinos Juniors beat Belgrano 1-0 with a Lautaro Giaccone goal and moved to third in the annual table on 54 points, pushing River Plate (52) into Copa Sudamericana positions.
- Boca Juniors secured a 2026 Libertadores group berth by defeating River 2-0 in the Superclásico, joining Rosario Central (annual leader), Platense (Apertura champion) and Copa Argentina winner Independiente Rivadavia among confirmed qualifiers.
- For River to reach the Libertadores repechage via the annual table, it must beat Vélez at José Amalfitani and need Argentinos to lose at Estudiantes; if Argentinos draws, River would have to win by at least two to overturn goal difference.
- A fallback path exists if the Clausura champion is a team already qualified for the Libertadores, which would free an annual-table slot that could take the fourth-placed side into the qualifying phase.
- River’s slide of six losses in seven has intensified pressure on coach Marcelo Gallardo, who skipped post-match media duties after the Superclásico, while in the women’s Clausura the quarterfinals are set: Belgrano–Ferro, Boca–Gimnasia, Talleres–River and San Lorenzo–Racing with dates to be confirmed.