River Plate beat Newell's Old Boys 1-3. Newell's Old Boys played with ten from minute 37. Santiago H. Solari scored 2 goals.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   Torneo Apertura 1996
   Referee: Giménez📍 Rosario CentralAttendance: 18,438
2. 1. First half
   2. 30'
      ARG
      GOOOAL!SSSantiago H. Solari
   3. 37'
      ARG
      Red card
      HFHernán Franco
   4. 39'
      ARG
      GOOOAL!SSSantiago H. Solari
3. 1. Second half
   2. 54'
      ARG
      GOOOAL!JSJulio C. Saldana
   3. 62'
      ARG
      GOOOAL!RMRoberto C. Monserrat