The «Tahuichi» is a cauldron: Blooming await Millonario, 2000 still vivid

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·8 April 2026

The «Tahuichi» is a cauldron: Blooming await Millonario, 2000 still vivid

The Santa Cruz side makes its Group H debut, and its captain, Moisés Villarroel, turned up the pressure: “If we win, we’ll go down in history.” In Santa Cruz, no one is talking about anything else, and they expect a packed stadium to welcome Chacho Coudet’s team.

River’s debut in the Copa Sudamericana will be no formality. Tonight, from 9:00 p.m., El Millonario will step onto the 420 meters of altitude in Santa Cruz de la Sierra to face Blooming, a team riding a wave of excitement and full of belief.

The captain’s jab: “We wanted River”

Moisés Villarroel, a leader for the Sky Blues and the Bolivian national team, spoke with TyC Sports and didn’t back down in the face of the giant:

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The objective: “We’re convinced we’ll play a good match; we’re focused on winning.”
The memory of 2000: The Bolivians proudly point to their 1-0 win over Bianchi’s Boca in that year’s Libertadores and want to use it as inspiration: “If we beat them, we’ll go down in the club’s history again.”

A stadium that will be “Hell”

Santa Cruz is going crazy. The Tahuichi Aguilera is expected to be sold out with more than 30,000 people.

Interesting fact: Blooming was Bolivia’s highest-drawing team in 2025, surpassing even its archrival, Oriente Petrolero.
Argentine presence: The team coached by Mauricio Soria has three Argentines in the squad: Julio Vila, Diego Giménez, and Juan Mercado.

How does River’s opponent play?

Don’t expect a team that sits back. Soria’s Blooming is:

They are coming off a 5-0 win over Guabirá in the local tournament and already showed their firepower with a 3-0 thrashing of San Antonio Bulo Bulo in the preliminary round. With the group also featuring Bragantino and Carabobo, the Bolivians know that today is the day to make a statement.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.