Rosario Central 1-2 River Plate
A brilliant Cavenaghi lead River Plate in the victory in a traditionally difficult Gigante de Arroyito stadium, and as move closer to Boca Juniors, that was unable to achieve more that just one point against Newel's Old Boys.
ROSARIO CENTRAL: Julio Gaona; Paulo Ferrari, Ronal Raldes, Leonardo Talamonti, Emiliano Papa; Mariano Messera, Clarence Acuña, Matías Irace; Pablo Sánchez; Claudio González, Javier Cámpora (Gonzalo Belloso). DT: Miguel Angel Russo.
RIVER PLATE: Franco Costanzo; Ariel Garcé (Cristian Nasuti), Horacio Ameli, Ricardo Rojas, Franco Miranda; Eduardo Coudet, Javier Mascherano, Luis González; Daniel Montenegro; Marcelo Salas (Marcelo Gallardo), Fernando Cavenaghi. DT: Leonardo Astrada.
GOALS: 1-0 Montenegro (19), 2-0 Cavenaghi (35), 2-1 Belloso (85).