Covid-hit River Plate secured a remarkable Copa Libertadores win on Wednesday despite having just 11 players available and Argentina international midfielder Enzo Perez in goal.

The Buenos Aires giants have been hit by a swathe of positive coronavirus tests, leaving them down to the bare bones and without a specialist goalkeeper against Independiente Santa Fe.

But the group match in South America's version of the Champions League was ordered to go ahead, with River Plate midfielder Perez – who started the 2014 World Cup final for his country – donning the gloves.

If that was not remarkable enough, the 35-year-old was named man of the match as the Argentinian club secured a scarcely-believable 2-1 win at El Monumental.

Fabrizio Angileri opened the scoring for the hosts in the third minute, with Julian Alvarez then firing home a stunning sixth-minute rocket.

Santa Fe upped the pressure in the second half and Kelvin Osorio pulled one back, but River Plate held on for a stunning victory in trying circumstances.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
Group A
1	Aldosivi Aldosivi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Argentinos Juniors Argentinos Jrs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Banfield Banfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Barracas Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Belgrano Belgrano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Boca Juniors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Central Cordoba C. Cordoba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Defensa y Justicia Defensa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Estudiantes Estudiantes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Huracan Huracan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Independiente Rivadavia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Newell's Old Boys Newell's OB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Racing Club Racing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Tigre Tigre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Union Union	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Group B
1	Atletico Tucuman Tucuman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Deportivo Riestra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Gimnasia Gimnasia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Godoy Cruz Godoy Cruz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Independiente Independiente	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Instituto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Lanus Lanus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Platense	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	River Plate River Plate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Rosario Central Rosario	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	San Lorenzo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	San Martin de San Juan San Martin SJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Sarmiento	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Talleres Talleres	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Velez Sarsfield Velez Sarsfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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2	Bath Rugby Bath							0