The Historia River stated that, after Independiente Rivadavia's victory over Banfield, River had been eliminated from the Copa Libertadores through the annual table for the second consecutive year. They referred to the situation as a "disgrace" and described the championship as devalued; they also pointed out that River had not won titles or finished among the top four or five positions. The author added that if River did not win its four knockout matches in the Clausura, it would again have as its main objective to qualify for the 2028 Libertadores in 2027 and would compete in the Sudamericana against Academia Puerto Cabello. Excluding the period from 2010 to 2014, which they considered atypical, they argued that River had never gone two consecutive years without playing in the Libertadores since Argentine football had more than two spots. According to what was written, the team was no longer even competing with the Brazilians but was directly not participating. #RiverPlate #CopaLibertadores #FútbolArgentino (translated)
