Duel between enemies: River Plate wins the Copa Libertadores

15 days after the final second leg of the Copa Libertadores, originally scheduled for the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, River Plate triumphed 3-1 over city and arch rivals Boca Juniors after extra time at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid.

The decision in the 236th Superclasico, whose noisy postponement due to excessive violence had occupied world football for more than two weeks, was ensured by the Colombian Juan Quintero in the 109th minute with a brilliant shot under the crossbar and Gonzalo Martinez (120th) in extra time. +2). Dario Benedetto (44th) gave Boca the lead and Lucas Pratto (68th) equalized. Boca defender Wilmar Barrios saw yellow-red in the 92nd minute. The first leg on November 10th ended 2-2.

Breathtaking scenery in the finale. © APA/afp / OSCAR DEL POZO

As expected, the game was played in a hot-blooded manner, but the feared excesses of violence outside the pitch did not occur until the final whistle. River Plate won the South American equivalent of the UEFA Champions League for the fourth time; the record winner is city rivals CA Independiente with seven titles. A court case is still ongoing The second leg between the arch-rivals was actually supposed to take place on November 24th at the River Plate stadium. However, on the way there, the Boca team bus was attacked by River supporters and, among other things, had stones thrown at it and the windows were broken. Several Boca professionals, including captain Pablo Perez, were injured.

But the decision by the South American football association CONMEBOL to move the derby between Boca, the working class club, and “Los Millonarios” to the city with the largest Argentine community outside Argentina caused outrage in the country of the two-time world champion: the term “Copa Conquistadores”. (Conquerors' Cup) haunted Argentina - a reference to the Spanish conquerors from the 16th century. Boca also pulled out all the stops legally to be awarded the Copa victory at the green table. Proceedings at the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) are still ongoing.

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Duel between enemies: River Plate wins the Copa Libertadores

The traditional Argentinian club River Plate has secured the football crown in South America after some quarrels, with a lot of delay and 10.000 km away from home.

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