Palmeiras into Libertadores final after VAR thwarts River 220 Libertadores final despite losing 2-0 to 10-man River Plate on Tuesday as the Argentines were twice denied by controversial VAR decisions. River dominated the semi-final second leg at a empty Allianz Parque stadium in Sao Paulo, but goals from Robert Rojas, who was later dismissed, and Rafael Borre were not enough to overturn their 3-0 home defeat last week to the Brazilians, who progressed 3-2 on aggregate. Palmeiras, though, had the video assistant referee to thank for chalking off a second half goal from Gonzalo Montiel and then denying River a penalty.