Overview
- Estudiantes de La Plata and Rosario Central meet for the Supercopa Internacional at the Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades with a 16:00 kickoff on Saturday, September 26, 2026, a match that will award a formal trophy and add a star to the winner's shield.
- Estudiantes president Juan Sebastián Verón publicly called the upcoming Copa Argentina tie more "trascendental" than the Supercopa and pressed to keep Libertadores semifinals at UNO, comments that drew social-media criticism from former Rosario Central officials.
- A heated presser between Estudiantes defender Leandro González Pírez and Rosario Central's Ignacio Ovando reopened the 2025 controversy when Estudiantes players performed a 'pasillo de espaldas,' with Ovando calling that act a lasting sign of disrespect.
- Large Estudiantes fan movements traveled to Santiago del Estero, including a reported caravan of buses, creating a charged atmosphere around the neutral-venue final and increasing local security and logistics focus on crowd flow and stadium allocations.
- Both teams face notable absences that shape tactics and likely lineups: Estudiantes are without Joaquín Correa and Tiago Palacios through injury while Central miss Alan Rodríguez and lose Jaminton Campaz and Vicente Pizarro to national team call-ups, prompting system adjustments such as Central rehearsing a five-defender setup.