Facundo Colidio scored the opener for River Plate against Racing Club at Avellaneda's Estadio Presidente Perón, following a mistake by Marcos Rojo, in the Torneo Apertura 2026 match. The game, refereed by Sebastián Zunino, featured several clear chances and key saves in the first half. River substituted debutant Tobías Ramírez for Germán Pezzella at the start of the second half.
Racing Club and River Plate are clashing at Avellaneda's Cilindro for a Torneo Apertura 2026 matchday fixture. Eduardo Coudet, former Racing coach and current River manager, received applause from the home fans when his lineup was announced.
River fielded Santiago Beltrán in goal; Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Tobías Ramírez —making his debut as starter—, Marcos Acuña; Aníbal Moreno, Fausto Vera, Tomás Galván, Sebastián Driussi, Ian Subiabre and Facundo Colidio. Racing started with Facundo Cambeses; Ezequiel Cannavo, Marco Di Césare, Marcos Rojo, Agustín García Basso; Baltasar Rodríguez, Santiago Sosa, Bruno Zuculini, Adrián Fernández; Santiago Solari and Adrián Martínez, led by Gustavo Costas.
At the 33rd minute of the first half, Colidio converted one-on-one against Cambeses after Rojo's clearance error, giving River a 1-0 lead. Earlier, Cambeses saved a shot from Galván at the 22nd, and VAR reviewed a handball claim by Racing at the 13th. Tobías Ramírez picked up the first yellow at the 8th.
In the second half, River failed to convert a free kick at the 6th. The Millonario are unbeaten in their last four Apertura games, while Racing seeks revenge after losing to Independiente in the local derby.
