CONMEBOL Libertadores: the postponed second-leg final to be played in Madrid (ESP) on 09/12/2018

"The South American Football Confederation - CONMEBOL - informs that after analysing various alternatives to host the second-leg match of the final of the CONMEBOL Libertadores 2018, the Presidency and the Council, using their statutory powers and based on Articles 4 and 35 of the CONMEBOL Libertadores 2018 regulations, have unanimously decided that the match between Club Atlético River Plate and Club Atlético Boca Juniors will be played on 09/12/2018 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in the city of Madrid, Spain at 20:30 (CET/GMT +1/16:30 in Buenos Aires) with equal access to the fans of both clubs," announced the South American confederation, on 29/11/2018.

After the first leg (2-2), played at the Bombonera (Boca Juniors stadium) on 10/11/2018, River Plate and Boca Juniors were to play the return-leg at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti (River Plate stadium), in Buenos Aires (ARG). However, after violent incidents and the stoning of the Boca Juniors bus (players were hit by tear gas and several were injured), the match was first postponed until the evening and then…