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In three days, the world of football was presented to Argentine football at its best and at its worst.
On Thursday, the Boca Juniors stadium was known as The Bombonerastuffy. Passionate fans fought to enter and attend the team training.
So, Saturday, we should have the main course. It was a return match in the Copa Libertadores final, South America's answer to the Champions League. And for the first time in history, Argentine rivals River Plate and Boca Juniors would meet in the final.
It has been described as "the struggle of the century". But that never became a part of it.
– the day of baptism
The bus of the player Boca Juniors was attacked on the way of the home theater River Plates, Estadio Monumental. The routes were broken, the players were hit by tear gas and the bus driver should have fainted.
The players were shaken. Captain Pablo Pérez was sent to the hospital with an eye injury.
– Argentina had large parts of the eyes of the world that were aiming at each other. The day then became short, explains Petter Bø Tosterud.
The Eurosport commentator would lose viewers throughout the match. Instead, there were reports. Several times Saturday night before the match was postponed to Sunday night. But when he approached a new beginning of battle, another delay arrived. For an indefinite period.
Boca Juniors camp thought they were not able to play the match. The terms were not equal for both teams.
Meet on Tuesday
Tuesday, it will be decided what will happen next. The club presidents met with the South American football federation (CONMEBOL) in Asuncion, Paraguay, to find out where and when the final will take place.
A number of obstacles lie on the way.
"It will be difficult to finish this week with the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires, which requires a lot of security, and another challenge is that the World Cup is coming soon and the winner of the Copa Libertadores will be present. league is practiced.
"It's a hard-to-understand puzzle.What would be the biggest football party ever held in Argentina, aside from the World Cup, has ended in a huge crash," said Tosterud .
The Club World Cup begins in the United Arab Emirates on December 12th.
Another question is whether the game can be played in Buenos Aires. On Tuesday, the Italian club Genoa made an offer to host the final.
The accusations salute
In recent days, accusations and conspiracy theories have been hailed.
Mayor of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodriguez Larreta, has highlighted the extremist supporter community of River Plate, which he calls "mafia" of football. Larreta thinks that the bus attack was a revenge for the police the day before the raid against an environmental leader – and the seizure of tickets to be sold on the black market.
– He's speculating on all the roads. How bad were the players? Some people think that they said the wounds were worse than them. CONMEBOL wanted their own doctors to investigate them, but later it became clear that some of the doctors were supporters of River Plate, "said Tosterud.
It was also asked if Boca Juniors wanted to be announced victory. In 2015, River Plate won the Copa Libertadores quarter-final win over Boca Juniors, after Boca fans threw tear gas against River Plate players in the tunnel.
"There has been chaos in recent days, but canceling a final would have been a complete disaster for the tournament," said Tosterud.
The noise is happening in a society where football permeates the most. It is also a country that has a lot of economic difficulties. Many people are angry.
Prohibition of departure
For Argentine football, it's a great match.
In 2013, foreign fans refused access to Argentine football stadiums. The ban was lifted in August of this year, but not for the five largest teams.
According to the Guardian, the Salvemos al Fútbol interest groups have listed the number of people who lost their lives as a result of football unrest in Argentina. The number is 328.
But before the final, the country's president and former president of Boca Juniors, Mauricio Macri, said the final was an opportunity to "show maturity and change".
Conmebol's president, Alejandro Domínguez, spoke with a thumbs up and that distance from European football should not be greater.
Instead, football has been shown from its worst side in front of the global audience.
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