Racing Club beat Boca Juniors 1-0, at Bombonera, in the semi-final of the Argentine Championship, Clausura tournament (there are two per year, the first, Apertura, which Platense won). With this, Avellaneda’s team will go to the decision against the winner of the La Plata classic, Gimnasia x Estudiantes, who will face each other this Monday (08).
The racing triumph annihilated the plans of the two most popular clubs in the country in one fell swoop. Boca lost the chance to be champion, while River Plate was definitively left out of the next Copa Libertadores da América. The only possibility for Millionaires If they qualify, it would be with a possible national title from their biggest rival, now out of contention.
River Plate invested around 60 million dollars in its squad for the 2025 season, more than Flamengo, the continental champion. Out of the biggest competition in 2026, it should undergo important changes. For the next edition of the event, Argentine football has already qualified Platense, champion of the Apertura, and Independiente Rivadavia, from Mendoza, champion of the Copa Argentina.
