Libertadores holders River learn group as CONMEBOL boss calls for end to violence

Copa Libertadores champions River Plate will face Internacional in their 2019 defence after the draw for the group stage was made.

After upstaging bitter rivals Boca Juniors 5-3 on aggregate for a fourth Libertadores crown, River have been paired with Brazilian side Internacional, Peru's Alianza Lima and a qualifier from the preliminary phases in Group A.

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