Since taking office as vice president, on December 19, 2019, Xeneize has not lost direct elimination matches against River.
Boca has already faced 10 superclásicos against River with Juan Román Riquelme as a club manager, winning 2, losing 3 and drawing 5, but of these 5, 2 were won by penalty shootout.
This afternoon from 3:30 p.m., Boca and River They will face each other in the quarterfinals of the Professional Cup League and, in the matchup, it will be the third match of its kind that Riquelme will have, as director of Xeneize. However, he will be the first as president of the institution in a defining instance.
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In this type of definition, Boca allows itself to be optimistic with Riquelme at the helm, since in the two previous matches he was left with a ticket to the next round, leaving his eternal rival on the road.
The first definition between Boca and River took place in the quarterfinals of the League Cup on May 16, 2021. The match was played in La Bombonera and ended 1 to 1, with goals from Carlos Tevez and Julián Álvarez, but In the penalty shootout, Xeneize, led by Miguel Ángel Russo, won by 4 to 2.
Almost three months later, on August 4, but at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in La Plata, but in the round of 16 of the Argentine Cup they tied again, but on that occasion it was 0 to 0. And in the penalty shootout Again the victory went to Boca by 4 to 1, In what was ultimately the second consecutive elimination that Juan Román Riquelme’s Boca gave to Marcelo Gallardo’s River.
The ten superclásicos with Juan Román Riquelme as director were:
- 2021 Diego Maradona Bombonera Cup Boca 2 – River 2;
- 2021 Bombonera League Cup Boca 1 – River 1
- 2021 Bombonera League Cup Boca 1 – River 1 (Boca won on penalties)
- 2021 Argentine Cup Ciudad de La Plata Boca 0 – River 0 (Boca won on penalties)
- 2021 Monumental River 2 Professional League – Boca 1
- 2022 Monumental River League Cup 0 – Boca 1
- 2022 Bombonera Professional League Boca 1 – River 0
- 2023 Monumental River Professional League 1 – Boca 0
- 2023 Bombonera League Cup Boca 0 – River 2
- 2024 Monumental River 1 League Cup – Boca 1
Source: Ambito
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