By date 15 of the Professional Soccer League (LPF) in the Más Monumental, River Plate won 1-0 over Boca Juniors with a penalty goal by Miguel Borja at the end of the match. In the goal cry, madness broke out and Darío Herrera, referee of the match, sent off three players from each team.
Despite the fact that the “Millionaire” came as the only leader of the contest with 11 victories and an incredible dominance over his rivals, in the classic friction prevailed over the associated game. However, Martín Demichelis’s team had good opportunities against a Boca that did not know how to face the first half.
After the break with a 0-0 draw on the scoreboard, Miguel Almirón’s technical talk at halftime paid off, and the “Xeneize” showed a different face in the plug-in. But the visiting team did not know how to take advantage of the few arrivals they had, and the first goal only appeared in added time when, after a foul by Agustín Sandez -who entered for Valentín Barco at the end-, it was Borja who defined from eleven steps to cross the ball and thus make it 1 to 0.
In the midst of the celebrations for the goal, an outrageous shout in front of the players, the product of the emotion that dominates the body in the classics, awoke madness in the middle of the field. Due to the fight between the two teams, which lasted just over 15 minutes, Miguel Merentiel, Ezequiel Fernández and Nicolás Valentini saw red in Boca, while those sent off in the local team were Ezequiel Centurión, Agustín Palavecino and Elias Gómez.
With this victory, River settled in first place in the championship with 37 points -15 wins, one draw and two losses-. For its part, Boca continues in thirteenth place with 18 points -five wins, three draws and seven losses-.
