Sunday was the first meeting of the two Buenos Aires sides in 18 months, the longest gap between Buenos Aires derbies in history, and the atmosphere before and during the game was charged accordingly.

The scenes before the game make almost every stadium atmosphere in Europe seem tame by comparison as a towering wall of noise, tickertape, flares and smoke bombs greet the teams entering the pitch.

The game was held up for a few minutes by a giant inflatable pig decked out in Boca Juniors colours, which the River Plate fans had unveilled and sent in the direction of the Boca fans.

And, in the midst of all that, a football game broke out