Racing v River: Copa Argentina venue and kick-off time confirmed | OneFootball

The anticipation for the classic match between River and Racing in the quarterfinals of the Copa Argentina 2025 is growing, and now, the organization of the country's most federal tournament has announced that the match will be held on Thursday, October 2nd, from 6 pm at the Gigante de Arroyito stadium, in Rosario. The winner of the series will go against Independiente Rivadavia de Mendoza, who has just knocked out Tigre.

It will be a duel loaded with history and tension, in which Marcelo Gallardo's team will try to regain the shine of its cup status after being eliminated by Palmeiras in the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores, but they will face Gustavo Costas' Academia, which is going through a great moment with the qualification to the semifinals in the continental tournament.

The clash in Rosario will also have a special ingredient and opposite realities: the Millonario seeks revenge after being knocked out in the quarterfinals of the last edition, while those from Avellaneda dream of adding a local title that has been denied to them in recent years. The cup classic comes at a time when structures, squads, and decisions have to be measured. With the venue and time confirmed, the countdown has already begun: the Gigante de Arroyito will witness a classic that promises to be an anticipated final.

To find the first match between both, we have to go back to 1908, when River won the final of the Second Division Championship that gave a promotion to the First Division by 7-0, the biggest win between both. Then they met several times in the Copa de Honor (1911, 1912 and 1918). On all three occasions, the winner was Racing, who first tied 1-1 and advanced, while the following year they won 3-0. In 1918, the albiceleste team won 3-1 with goals from Natalio Perinetti and a double from Alberto Marcovecchio, who sealed the victory in the final and gave them the title of the 1917 Copa de Honor. In the middle of those matches, the Millonario took a 2-1 in the 1914 Copa Competencia.

Racing again prevailed in crucial matches, such as in the semifinal of the 1988 Supercup and then was champion against Cruzeiro. However, in the last two precedents, the big winner was River because they first overcame the Academia in the round of 16 of the 2018 Libertadores that they finally won in Madrid and the last duel of this kind was a 5-0 thrashing in the 2019 Argentina Supercup.

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