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The South American Football Association (CONA) announced Tuesday the transfer of the second leg of the Copa Libertadores to Argentina, River Plate and Boca Juniors, to be held next month.
After a meeting in Paraguay, where the federation's headquarters were located, Paraguayan President Alejandro Dominguez, Boca Daniel Anglesi's president and his River Plate counterpart Rodolfo Donovrio announced that the match would be held on December 8 or 9 in a place to be determined.
"Given the violence (…) that has endangered players, officials and supporters, it will be advisable not to play the match (in Argentina)." The final will be held on December 8 and 9, before the department of the universe. "
"The conditions are not available for the final in Argentina," Dominguez said.
After a 2-2 draw at the Boca Pomponera stadium on November 11, they had to meet at the Monumental River Stadium on Saturday. But River fans attacked sticks and stones on the Boca bus near the field and injured a few visiting players, forcing the federation to postpone the game the same evening, and then the next day, although dozens thousands of people took their seats in the stands.
The union returned Sunday and postponed the match until further notice.
The decision was made after Boca's request to postpone the match, especially considering the situation of the players after the attack, and his call to punish River Plate in accordance with the provisions of the rules of continental football in similar cases could go on to consider the opposing team lost or excluded from continental competitions.
In a related context, the Continental Union has initiated disciplinary action against River Plate in the context of Saturday's events, which are also the subject of a local judicial investigation.
After the announcement on Tuesday, Boca 's president expressed his dissatisfaction with "fixing a date for the match" before making a decision regarding his club' s demands, hinting that he "s not sure what to expect. case could be brought before the Swiss Sport Court.
"Betrayal" and resignation of security
"Matches are won or lost on the court, it's my personal approach, but I have a responsibility as club president and I have to abide by the rules," said Sunday Anglesi, referring to an article in the laws of the World Cup. Provides for a series of similar sanctions in such cases.
These demands caused tension between the two clubs. The president of River Donovrio said that Anglesi "had not kept his promise" after the agreement between them.
"I have to believe that he has not fulfilled his promise … We signed a document and we shook hands, but it turned out after that that he had asked the team to consider his team as a winner, "Donovrio said during a radio interview on Monday.
The Continental Union used this article three years ago to exclude Boca from the fact that one of his fans sprayed River Plate players with a pepper spray during a meeting between the two teams in quarter-finals. final of the competition.
River Plate won the continental title at the end of this season.
However, the difference between the two cases is that the attack of three years ago occurred at the Boca stadium, which holds the club directly responsible, while the attack of Saturday was held outside the stadium limits, which actually assumes River's responsibility.
Donovario refused to punish his club, saying that if Boca was considered a winner, "it will be a real mistake, one of the worst betrayals that can be committed by one," pointing out that his team does not take responsibility of the failure of security to protect the bus.
The bus was attacked as he was advancing into the upscale Nunez neighborhood towards River Plate Stadium, accompanied by the police. The images show that the bus was walking down a wide street surrounded by two police vehicles, before being thrown on stones and projectiles as they reached a bend in which at least hundreds of spectators River Plate gathered.
Argentine President Mauricio Macri and the governor of Buenos Aires, Horaceo Rodriguez Larreta, acknowledged that there was a lack of maintenance of the order on Saturday. The head of security of the Argentine capital, Martin Ocampo, announced Monday his resignation.
Alternatives?
The day after the Italian city of Genoa bid to host the match, the company that runs the Minirao stadium in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte has taken a similar step.
A statement from the stadium management, "Minirao acted on behalf of Conmipol (…) to set up the game."
This is the second time that a game of the last phase of the season is postponed, but for various reasons. The first stage was scheduled for the 10th of this month, but was postponed the next day due to heavy rains.
This is the first time that the final of the continental championship between two Argentine teams is played, and the visiting team is playing without its supporters because of the ban made to the guests to travel since 2013 because of the riots. The last Boca Juniors win is expected to take place in 2007, as he won his sixth title. River Plate is aiming for the fourth time in its history and for the first time since 2015.
This will be the final of the Copa Libertadores, where the definitive system is to be adopted from next year, the final being held in the Chilean capital of Santiago.
The winner will be South America at the FIFA Club World Cup in the UAE in December.
The first match between the two teams goes back to 1913. River Plate won 2-1, but Bucca beat 88 in the history of both teams, while 78 games ended in a draw.
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