Videos: Highlights from the first half of River v Rosario Central | OneFootball

At 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, the match between River and Rosario Central kicked off in the semifinals of the 2026 Apertura Tournament. The game, officiated by Nicolás Ramírez, is already underway at the Monumental Stadium and can be watched live on TV on ESPN Premium and TNT Sports.

In the first half, Sebastián Driussi took a hard challenge from Franco Ibarra and immediately asked to be substituted, in desperation and anguish, due to intense pain in his knee. He was replaced by Joaquín Freitas, and the outlook regarding the former Austin player’s injury is not good. In the 31st minute, Jeremías Ledesma saved a penalty from Gonzalo Montiel after Gastón Ávila elbowed Lucas Martínez Quarta inside the box, which resulted in a yellow card for the defender who previously played for Ajax. At the end of the opening 45 minutes, the score is 0-0.

El Millonario made it into the tournament’s final four by beating Gimnasia de La Plata 2-0 at home, thanks to goals from Driussi and Lucas Martínez Quarta. They have lost only two of their last 16 matches, so they will look to keep the good run going and reach the final of the first tournament of the season in the top tier of Argentine football.

El Canalla, for its part, was also at home in the quarterfinals and knocked out Racing with a 2-1 win thanks to goals from Gastón Ávila and Enzo Copetti (Matías Zaracho had temporarily equalized for La Academia). Led by Ángel Di María, they will look to put behind them the disappointment of not winning a title on the field after the controversy over the trophy they received for being the best team in the 2025 Annual Table.

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