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With a Historic Goal, Independiente Rivadavia Won 1-0 to Bolívar in His Debut at the Copa Libertadores

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The Mendocina Lepra plays for the first time the most important tournament at the continent's club level and leads Group C

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In the anteroom of Boca Juniors' debut, the Copa Libertadores 2026 met its first winner in the group phase, the Argentine Independent Rivadavia, while Fluminense, monarch in 2023, began his participation with a discreet tie in Venezuela.

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The Mendocina Lepra plays for the first time the most important tournament at the continent's club level and leads Group C

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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With a goal from the dressing room -with the complicity of Lampe-, the Mendocina Lepra was imposed 1-0 as a local and achieved its first win in the continental contest.

The Mendocina Lepra scored 60 seconds against Bolivar and became one of the fastest debuting teams to score in the history of the tournament.

Match report: Independiente Rivadavia defeated Bolívar 1-0 in their 2016 Copa Libertadores debut, with Matías Fernández scoring in the 4th minute and Jesús Sagredo receiving a red card in the 72nd minute. Tap for full context. Context: Bolívar displayed defensive weaknesses that have persisted for years. The lack of a solid structure affected their performance in the match. Bolívar had the first corner kick, but failed to capitalize. Independien…

Independiente Rivadavia had a happy premiere in the Copa Libertadores. La Lepra defeated Bolívar for 1 to 0 in the Malvinas Argentinas stadium and added its first three points in Group C of the continental contest. El Azul del Parque hit from the locker room. At the minute of play, Sebastián Villa escaped in solitude by the right band and attended Matías Fernández. The midfielder masterfully defined above the body of archer Carlos Lampe and scor…

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Infobae broke the news in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Tuesday, April 7, 2026.
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