A solitary penalty goal converted by the Colombian Juan Fernando Quintero in the 87th minute he allowed River surpass their debut in the Argentine Cup and win 1-0 against Bolivar City. After two consecutive defeats in the local Apertura Tournament, Millonario had to suffer until the end to win against a rival recently promoted to the second division of Argentine football, in a duel played at the Estadio Único del Parque La Pedrera in Villa Mercedes.
In the round of 32 of this tournament, River will face Aldosivi from Mar del Plata, who previously defeated San Miguel 3-0 with goals from Joaquín Novillo, Tomás Fernández and Lucas Brochero, against their fence. In the third duel played this day, Tigre confirmed its great performance in 2026 and won 2-0 against Claypole with goals from Ramón Arias and David Romero, to meet in the round of 16 with Independiente Rivadavia de Mendoza, the defending champion, who has just eliminated Estudiante de Buenos Aires 2-0.
These are the other teams with secured passports
The other teams that already have their passport secured for the second round of this edition of the Argentine Cup are Deportivo Riestra (beat Deportivo Maipú 1-0), Midland (defeated Argentinos Juniors 2-1), Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy (eliminated Central Córdoba 3-2); Talleres de Córdoba (won 2-0 against Argentino de Merlo), Platense (1-0 against Argentino de Monte Maíz), Lanús (beat Sarmiento de La Banda 4-1), Estudiantes de La Plata (4-0 against Ituzaingó) and Rosario Central (beat Sportivo Belgrano de San Francisco 2-0).
The Argentine Cup will continue next week with Tuesday’s duel between Boca and Independiente de Chivilcoy and Wednesday’s matches: San Martín de San Juan-Deportivo Madryn and Godoy Cruz-Deportivo Morón.
