‘Chalaca’ and Cavani’s goal disallowed in Boca vs River | VIDEO

Watch the controversial action of the Boca Juniors vs River Plate superclassic at La Bombonera.

Boca and River play for the seventh date of the League Cup; but the ‘Xeneize’ will have one eye on Brazil, where next week they will have to play the second leg of the Libertadores semi-final against Palmeiras, after the 0-0 draw this Thursday.

The Auriazules, tired after the tough international match against ‘Verdao’, who maintained their streak of draws in the tournament and who took a valuable 0-0 despite the numerous chances that the locals enjoyed, gave important men a rest thinking on the return

Regarding its performance in the Argentine League, Boca arrives with doubts after drawing at home against Lanús last day, and after achieving only two victories in the six rounds of the contest that place it eighth in its group, but only two points behind. the Libertadores positions in the Annual Table.

For its part, the ‘millionaire’ team also arrives after drawing 1-1 as a visitor against Banfield. However, the feelings of Martín Demichelis’ team are a little more optimistic, with one more victory in the box than its greatest rival and its comfortable lead in the accumulated, thanks to the title already achieved in the Professional League – first tournament of the year – .

To add fuel to a fire that continues to grow before the duel, River announced that it is suspending the pre-match press conference, marking the third time that it has refused to do so and receiving a harsh financial sanction in this regard.

These matches have always been protagonists of the country’s football and, of those 259 times in which they faced each other, there were 91 victories for ‘Xeneize’ and 85 for ‘Millonario’. They tied 83 times.