How did River do against the Bolivian teams?

River begins a new excursion in the Copa Libertadores, in which he will try to become the king of the continent for the fifth time in his history. Used to being the protagonist during the Gallardo era, in which he won two titles and lost a final, he wants to keep his weight at the hands of Martín Demichelis. And the trail starts in an always complicated terrain like Bolivia and especially in the height of La Paz.

So much for the Núñez set he faced Conmebol matches 30 times against teams from the Altiplano, with the particularity that 28 of them were in the group stage of Libertadores and the remaining two were the last: the unforgettable series against Jorge Wilstermann in 2017, with a 0-3 loss as a visitor and the overwhelming 8-0 in the Monumental. The record is very positive: 20 wins, five draws and only five losses , with an overwhelming goal difference of +66 (93 goals for against 27 against). On average, River scored more than three times per game, while conceding less than one goal per game.

The Argentina team is also undefeated at home, a state in which it has much more powerful statistics: of the 15 games he played against Bolivian teams, he won 14 and conceded only six goals, against 68 for. The only team that managed to equalize as a visitor was Jorge Wilstermannin a 2-2 of the 1973 edition.

As for away games, River also has a positive record, but the balance sheet is more balanced : six wins, four draws and five losses, with 21 goals for and 21 against. And that is explained because a factor that has nothing to do with sports comes into play here: height. All the waterfalls of the Núñez complex in Bolivia were more than 2,500 meters above sea level (three in La Paz and the remaining two in Cochabamba, against Wilstermann). In fact, away from the plain, the Millionaire has not won in the Altiplano for 41 years and has five consecutive games without wins (one draw and four losses, with only 3 goals for and 14 against). Still, if it is reduced to duels only played at height, the record of the Argentina team is not negative either: four wins, three draws and four falls.

In addition to those 30 games in the Libertadores, River also had a game against a Bolivian team in the South American Champions Championship, a tournament first held in 1948 and recognized by the South American Confederation as a precedent for today’s Libertadores : prevail 4-0 over Litoral, a club that today plays in the Third Division of its country.

Finally and with regard to The strongesttheir group stage rival in this 2023 edition, marks the record six clashes in 1982, 2001 and 2016 with four wins, one draw and one loss. The special thing is that The Millionaire triumph at Hernando Siles was not on the field but via “desktop”: In 1982, Tigre won 1-0, but the CONMEBOL gave them the game for lost because of the poor use of Waldino Palacios.