Overview

• Maximiliano Salas scored at five minutes off a Facundo Colidio assist to secure River’s 1–0 quarterfinal win at Rosario Central’s Gigante de Arroyito.
• The match featured both fanbases for the first time since 2013 and was halted about 10 minutes when flares from the Racing end filled the stadium with smoke.
• Racing finished with 10 men after Adrián ‘Maravilla’ Martínez received a second yellow card in stoppage time for striking Lucas Martínez Quarta.
• Tensions spilled over at the final whistle, including a heated exchange between Salas and Agustín Almendra and a reported spitting incident involving Adrián Balboa and Marcos Acuña.
• Hernán Mastrángelo officiated a stop-start second half with 14 minutes added, as River advanced to face Independiente Rivadavia in the last four.