Possible venues for the final: Miami has been eliminated and have chances Doha, Asunción and Medellín

Qatari eccentricity, with its petrodollars at the service of sport, seems to be the most likely site of the unfortunate end of the

Libertadores Cup

from America. The relation between

Conmebol

and the emirate is so fluid that the Asian team is one of the guests of the upcoming Copa America. Qatar Airways, the flagship airline, has been sponsoring the club's inter-club competitions since the end of last month (in addition to being on the list of

Stuffy

). All these links, added to the fact that the Qataris would facilitate all the party's logistics, including transfers and organizational expenses, make actions of the Qatari capital the host of the match.

Miami, another city with enough financial and operational resources to host an event of this magnitude, has been sidelined for "agenda problems". Further behind were the possibilities of the other cities of South America: Asunción del Paraguay and Medellín (Colombia), which took place on Tuesday afternoon. Mineirao de Belo Horizonte was also offered, but neither the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) nor the Brazilian city itself focused on keeping the match alive. The Conmebol offers offers from other cities, such as Genoa (Italy) and New Orleans (United States). "We know that Qatar is far away and that the logistics are complicated," was the phrase heard at Conmebol headquarters.

Another novelty at the end of the day: the election of the city will not wait for the decision of the disciplinary court. As soon as there is an agreement, the Conmebol will announce the place and the date of the match, which will take place on the 8th or the 9th of next month. "We schedule and organize matches, that's our job, no matter what the court decides," said a confederation source.

The disciplinary court was active yesterday afternoon, the Conmebol had the task of finding a viable place for the longest final in the world. All this, beyond that, Boca threatened to reach the offices of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). "The tournament is going on and the game is playing beyond what is happening in the offices," the entity's sources replied each time they were consulted. "The cuts are won on the ground," insisted President Alejandro Domínguez in an open letter.

The possibility of playing in neutral territory (and outside Argentina) opens another source of conflict.

River

He arrived in Paraguay, convinced that the decisive meeting would be organized at another date, but at the Monumental, and with his audience. Whether in Qatar, Colombia or Paraguay, the scenario changes. For the moment, the Núñez club has to respond to the file opened yesterday by the Conmebol Disciplinary Unit for the incidents.