Mendoza, Feb 08: River Plate defeated their arch-rivals Boca Juniors 3-1 in a pre-season friendly on Wednesday (February 04). Daniel Luduena put River ahead with a fine shot outside the box after 35 minutes, then Boca's Miguel Caneo levelled five minutes later. River were back ahead with a Jose Sand header just before half time and Rodolfo Montenegro made sure of victory with a second half free-kick.
Boca Juniors, the 2003 Libertadores Cup champions, have lost four of their five pre-season games. Line-ups: Boca: Cristian Muoz; Pablo Jerez, Joel Barbosa, Luis Perea, Jos Mara Calvo; Javier Villarreal, Matas Silvestre, Miguel Caneo; Carlos Marinelli; Ral Estvez and Franco Cngele. Coach: Carlos Bianchi.
River: Franco Costanzo; Juan Fernndez, Cristian Nasuti, Ricardo Rojas, Franco Miranda; Gabriel Pereyra, Claudio Husain, Rubens Sambueza; Daniel Luduea; Maximiliano Lpez and Jos Sand. Coach: Leonardo Astrada.


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