River Plate beat Huracán 0-3. Huracán played with ten from minute 40.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   Torneo Apertura 1997
   Referee: CastrilliAttendance: 13,250
2. 1. First half
   2. 1'
      ARG
      GOOOAL!SRSebastián Pascual Rambert
   3. 40'
      ARG
      Red card
      BABarrios
3. 1. Second half
   2. 59'
      ARG
      GOOOAL!SBSergio Alfredo Berti
   3. 65'
      ARG
      GOOOAL!RBRamón Ismael Medina Bello