FOOTBALL
Madrid set to host controversial Libertadores Cup final
Buenos Aires — The River Plate team will leave for Spain on Wednesday to play the second leg of the highly controversial Libertadores Cup final, the club said. In a statement to the South American football federation Conmebol, the Argentinian club said the team would leave for Spain “Wednesday at 1400 local time in a charter flight from Ezeiza airport”. River Plate had earlier said it was opposed to moving Sunday’s match against fierce local rivals Boca Juniors from Buenos Aires to the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid. Coach Marcelo Gallardo had called it “absurd”, adding that his side had lost home advantage. River should have hosted the match at their own El Monumental stadium on November 24, but it was postponed after River Plate fans attacked the Boca Juniors team bus. Several Boca Juniors players including Pablo Perez needed hospital treatment for injuries caused by shards of glass and others complained about the effects of inhaling tear gas. Boca then refused to play the match and ...
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