Buenos Aires: River Plate ended a 10-year wait for an away victory over Boca Juniors in the Argentine ‘superclasico’ with a 2-1 win at La Bombonera on Sunday.
Left-back Ramiro Funes Mori headed the winner five minutes from time from playmaker Manuel Lanzini’s corner.
Lanzini had put River ahead 13 minutes into the second half before Juan Roman Riquelme scored a brilliant equaliser with a trademark free-kick 10 minutes later.
River, winning away for the first time since September, climbed to within one point of leaders Colon, who were pegged back in a 1-0 defeat at Arsenal.
After 10 matches, just past the halfway stage in the Final championship, the second of two titles in the season, Colon have 18 points, River, Velez Sarsfield and Estudiantes 17 each.
