River Plate and Vélez Sarsfield drew 1-1. Vélez Sarsfield played with ten from minute 5.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   Torneo Apertura 1998
   Referee: CastrilliAttendance: 15,034
2. 1. First half
   2. 5'
      ARG
      Red card
      RCRaúl Cardozo
3. 1. Second half
   2. 77'
      ARG
      GOOOAL!JPJuan A. Pizzi
   3. 89'
      ARG
      GOOOAL!PCPatricio A. Camps