Carlos Tevez was viciously headbutted before a huge 40-man melee broke out during Boca Juniors’ defeat by arch-rivals River Plate.

The former West Ham, Manchester United and Manchester City star was caught up in wild scenes late on during the ‘friendly’ when he was attacked by Jonathan Maidana.

The River defender was one of five players sent off, with team-mate Leonardo Pisculichi also seeing red for his part in the fracas

Champions Boca, who had three players dismissed on Saturday, also had two shown the red card in a 4-2 defeat by Racing Club in Mar del Plata in midweek.

Argentina full back Jonathan Silva, signed by Boca from Sporting of Portugal, was sent off 10 minutes into his debut for a lunge on Gabriel Mercado which forced the River defender out of the game with an injured ankle.

Boca were down to eight men against River’s 11 by the 78th minute after two more defenders were sent off, Gino Peruzzi for a foul and Daniel Diaz for insulting referee Patricio Loustau.

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