On the morning of May 8, the match between River Plate and Boca Juniors ended with 7 red cards, 9 yellow cards and 1 goal for the host River.
Minute 90+2, when the score of “Superclasico” was 0-0, River Plate was awarded a penalty after a controversial ball. Miguel Borja calmly waited for Sergio Romero to fall and then kicked in the opposite direction, opening the score.
The striker, born in 1993, ran to the corner of the field, took another shirt and put it on to celebrate in an emotional atmosphere at the Monumental Stadium.
While Borja celebrated, many of his teammates got into a scuffle with the Boca Juniors player. The brawl involved all the players on the field and those on the bench.
Romero, Luis Advincula, Marcos Rojo got angry and repeatedly rushed towards the home player. The referee team risked their lives to rush into the crowd but still could not cool down the hot heads.
It was not until security forces in armor, shields and batons were present that the scuffle was resolved.
As a result, the match was extended to 90+17 minutes. Referee Herrera showed a total of 7 red cards, 4 to the players on the field, 2 to the substitutes and one to the Boca head coach Jorge Almiron. River Plate finished the game with 10 men, while Boca only had 8 men on the field.
The army of coach Martin Demichelis defeated the arch-rival to secure the top position in the Argentine league with 37 points, 9 points more than the second-placed team. Meanwhile, Boca dived in 13th place with 18 points.