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08:07 PM | Tuesday 08 October 2019
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Boca Juniors and River Plate match stadium
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The president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, intervened to resolve the match deadline Boca Juniors and River Plate, In the away leg of the Libertadores Cup semi-finals.
And denied “Macri”, the Argentine government’s request to the Union of South America, to postpone the return match in the Super Classico, because of the date of the second round of the presidential elections in his country.
“Macri” said, in Argentine television statements: “It is a very important match, but it does not go beyond being a football match. The tension must be defused, and the assertion that violence has nothing to do with the round witch must be continued.”
Mauricio Macri added: “There is no reason to ask for the match to be postponed. The meeting will pass safely on the part of the fans and the players. I trust that.”
River Plate sets foot in Libertadores Cup final
The Boca Juniors and River Plate teams met in the Libertadores Cup final last year, and the return match witnessed riots at the Monumento stadium, which led to the transfer of the match by the South American Football Association to the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in the Spanish capital Madrid.
The Argentine River Plate team set foot in the Libertadores Cup final, beating its Boca Juniors counterpart in the semi-final of the competition.
Last Wednesday, the two teams met at the Monumental Antonio Stadium, the stronghold of the River Plate team, as part of the Libertadores Cup semi-final first leg.
The landowner and the public managed to score the first goal in the seventh minute of the match, after the referee awarded a penalty kick in favor of the team in the fifth minute, which was successfully paid by the Colombian player Rafael Santos.
River Plate midfielder Ignacio Perez scored the second goal for his team, in the 69th minute of the match, after a wonderful cross cross by teammate Enzo Suarez.
The match saw several opportunities achieved by the River Plate team to boost the result to more than two matches, but the players wasting it prevented the third goal.
The match also saw the red card referee face Boca Juniors player Nicholas Cabaldo, in the 96th minute of the match.
The match witnessed many strong interventions between the players of both teams, which caused the match events to stop on several occasions throughout the match.
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