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River Plate's home ground, the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti [COURTESY]
An Argentine Superliga Cup match was cancelled on Saturday when River Plate refused to let Atletico Tucuman officials into their stadium because of fears over the spread of the coronavirus.
River had already announced that they would not play the fixture but as local officials did not sanction the decision, the Atletico kit men turned up in advance of the players to find the doors closed.
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