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The Superclasico derby match and the 2018 Copa Libertadores final were postponed following the attack of the Boca team by River fans on Saturday.
The second leg of the Copa Libertadores final between River Plate and Boca Juniors is due to be postponed Wednesday, after two dramatic postponements this weekend.
The match was scheduled to take place at 17:00 local time (20:00 UK, 15:00 US) Sunday after River fans attacked the Boca team bus while the visiting team headed through Buenos Aires for the Superclasico Derby match at El Monumental the day before.
Several players were injured as a result of the protracted badault, which had used projectiles to break windows and tear gas released by police trying to disperse the culprits.
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The match was originally scheduled to take place Saturday at 5 pm local time, and was delayed several times before being officially advanced by 24 hours.
CONMEBOL asked that the game be played on Saturday, December 8 or Sunday, December 9 outside of Argentina, although a court finally has the last word. There is still no detail on whether fans will be allowed to enter the stadium.
The match is scheduled for the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, but this location has not yet been confirmed.
River Plate should challenge the claim not to play in its home stadium, which would deprive them of a clear home advantage in the two-legged tie. Boca drew 2-2 with his big rivals in the first leg at La Bombonera.
Due to the G20 political summit that took place in Buenos Aires this weekend, it was impossible to organize the match the following weekend due to the lack of security available to protect the players from scenes similar violent ones.
"It is unfortunate that we are in a situation like this because of some misfits," said CONMEBOL President Alejandro Dominguez. Fox Sports. "The image that has been sent to the world is bad, it's not the football we want.
"The conditions are not equal, since a team has been attacked, when the teams of each club enter the field, we want the conditions to be equal, we want to see a show.
"We think we need to make it known that there is no excuse.Let the team that scores more goals in the field prevail." The board of directors of CONMEBOL decided that there was no equality under the current conditions.
"We have to provide the conditions for both clubs to have ideal conditions for the final and we will meet the presidents of Boca and River in Asuncion to find a date and play this game."
Goal will broadcast the game live when it finally takes place on a date not yet confirmed, in addition to providing a textual comment in English on the shock of the second leg.
CONMEBOL officials initially refused to cancel the match, despite the fact that several players from Boca should have been taken to the hospital for treatment, before finally going back.
Boca's Carlos Tevez criticized the officials, saying that CONMEBOL had "forced" the team to play in spite of their injuries, saying the ruling body would have granted preferential treatment. in River if the situation had been reversed.
"Pablo Perez was in the hospital and they forced us to play," said the former Manchester United man. "There were two Boca players in the hospital, another was vomiting, me too, everyone was sneezing."
The winner of the Copa Libertadores final will qualify for the Club World Cup, December 12-22, which will feature the Real Madrid Champions League winner.
Japan's Kashima Antlers, Tunisia's Esperance, Mexican Chivas and New Zealand's Wellington also qualify as continental champions, while UAE Al-Ain are among the hosts.
Boca and River will have to find a date to play the long-awaited comeback before the kickoff of this intercontinental tournament.
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