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Football - Copa Libertadores - Group D - River Plate v Santa Fe - Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina - May 19, 2021 River Plate's Enzo Perez after the match. [Pool via REUTERS/Juan Ignacio Roncoroni]
A COVID-19 outbreak and injury problems saw River Plate face Colombia's Independiente with midfielder Enzo Perez playing in goal and no substitutes on the bench but the Argentines still emerged with a 2-1 win in Wednesday’s Copa Libertadores game.
With novel coronavirus cases surging in Argentina, River had 20 players test positive and others were injured, reducing their squad to 11 fit players for the match in Buenos Aires.
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