Boca faced Banfield at the Estadio Florencio Sola three days after Argentine players ended the strike that had delayed the start of the 2017 campaign for more than a month.
Dario Benedetto bagged a brace to lead Boca to a 2-0 win, but his 16th-minute strike nearly led to tragedy as supporters vigorously rushed to the lower levels of the Boca tribune.
Goal’s Ignacio Cruz was in attendance to document the incident:
