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After problems in Buenos Aires before the initial match on Saturday, the match was transferred to Real Madrid
CONMEBOL confirmed that Santiago Bernabeu will host the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final between River Plate and Boca Juniors.
The meeting will take place at Real Madrid's home on Sunday 9 December. The kickoff will be given at 7:30 pm GMT / 2:30 pm ET.
It was also confirmed that the match would be played in front of supporters of Boca and River, despite security fears that pushed the two Argentine matches to be played in front of exclusively local supporters.
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The federation also announced that River would be fined $ 400,000 (£ 312,700) for the incident leading to the postponement of the final. effort to see River disqualified.
River is also appealing the decision of CONMEBOL.
"The Club Atletico River Plate informs that it will make the legal proposals and the relevant appeals concerning the decisions of the South American Football Confederation [CONMEBOL] and its disciplinary court, regarding the change of venue scheduled for the last match of the Copa Libertadores 2018, the economic sanction and the ban on arguing with a public two official parties organized by CONMEBOL ", said Thursday River River River.
Boca and River drew 2-2 in the first leg. The second match had already been postponed twice.
After Boca hosted the first leg of the final, which ended in a 2-2 draw on November 11, the second leg at the Monad River Plate Estadio was postponed on Saturday after having was tainted by an attack on the Boca team bus. Stadium.
Fans broke windows of the bus with projectiles and pepper spray were fired by the police, forcing several Boca players to be transported to the hospital with injuries.
Although CONMEBOL initially only delayed the match, he finally agreed to postpone the match in the aftermath of the Boca players' protests.
Following these incidents, CONMEBOL President Alejandro Dominguez described the case as "a sad day for South American football".
Although the return match was scheduled for Sunday, this match between the two rivals was also postponed after Boca asked CONMEBOL to suspend the match.
Boca captain Pablo Perez, who wore an eye patch after the attacks, thought the decision to move the match away from the Monumental was the right one.
"I can not play on a pitch where I know I could die," said Perez after postponing the match a second time. "How can you play on a field where there is no security?
"What if we play and win?" Who gets us out of there?
"People were crazy before entering, imagine if we win on their land, return home, what would have happened, they could have killed me."
The second report left a doubt about the future of the match, several options for a new place being mentioned.
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Paraguay had been reported as a possible place, as was Miami. Places in the Middle East such as Qatar and the United Arab Emirates were also mentioned, as the Club World Cup will start on December 12 in Abu Dhabi.
The winner of the leading club competition in South America is scheduled to start the Club World Cup with a semi-final match on December 18th.
Boca or River will play in the tournament alongside Real Madrid and other winners of the continental tournament, the final being December 22nd.
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