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South American football leaders, Conmebol, said Tuesday that the delayed return match of the Copa Libertadores between local rivals River Plate and Boca Juniors would be played outside of Argentina.
After meeting with the presidents of the two Argentine clubs in Asuncion, Mr Conmebol said the match, which would take place on "8 or 9 December", would be held in a place still undecided.
The clash in the return leg between the two clubs in Buenos Aires this weekend was postponed after Boca players were injured during the attack of their bus by River fans with pepper spray , stones and sticks.
Conmebol President Alejandro Dominguez told reporters that "the final can not be played in Argentina".
Moments ago, a statement from Conmebol had revealed that because of the violence of the weekend, it would endanger players, officials and supporters … it would not be safe to play the final in "Argentina".
The match is delicate after a 2-2 draw at Bombonera in Boca, a little over two weeks ago.
The second stage had to be postponed after Boca players suffered cuts from broken glbad and smoke inhalation when their bus was attacked by River fans on the way to the Monumental Stadium. the Argentine capital Saturday.
It was originally postponed 24 hours before Conmebol announced Sunday its indefinite suspension before Tuesday's meeting at the organization's headquarters in the Paraguayan capital.
Boca's president, Daniel Angelici, asked the continent's governing body to hand over the trophy, which his River counterpart, Rodolfo D'Onofrio, called "shameful".
Some potential sites in the final have already expressed interest in the organization of this derby nicknamed "superclasico", the most important of the history of football in Argentine club, since it pits the two teams the most the country's most prestigious final on the continent.
The group that manages the Atletico Mineiro stadium of the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte offered Tuesday to host the match.
This happened a day after the Italian city of Genoa evoked the cultural links between the city and the Italian immigrants in Argentina in the early twentieth century, suggesting that the Marbadi stadium would be a potential meeting place.
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