Independiente crush Peñarol for the Libertadores Cup

Seven time winners of the South American Copa Libertadores, Independiente thrashed Uruguay's Peñarol 3-0 in its debut at the groups round of the Libertadores de América Cup.

Independiente's Parra opened the score only 2' after the beginning of the second half of the game, while his team mate Pellerano netted at 25',

Only five minutes before the end of the match, Silvera managed to score Independiente's third goal.

The match for the Group 8 was held at the Libertadores de América stadium in Avellaneda district.

For the same group, Godoy Cruz defeated Liga Deportiva de Quito last week in Ecuador 2-1.

Line-ups:

Independiente: Hilario Navarro; Julián Velázquez, Eduardo Tuzzio, Leonel Galeano and Maximiliano Velázquez; Nicolás Cabrera, Cristian Pellerano and Leandro Gracián; Matías Defederico and Patricio Rodríguez; Facundo Parra. Coach: Antonio Mohamed.

Peñarol: Fabián Carini; Alejandro González, Carlos Valdez, Guillermo Rodríguez and Darío Rodríguez; Matías Corujo, Edison Torres, Nicolás Freitas or Nicolás Domingo and Jonathan Urretavizcaya; Antonio Pacheco; Juan Manuel Olivera. Coach: Diego Aguirre.

Stadium: Independiente.

Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brasil).