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A praktskandal forced them to move the match from Argentina to Spain.
When Boca Juniors and River Plate now clash again renew the authorities for the chaos and call in 4 000 specialpoliser.
“this is a högriskmatch like no other,” says the colonel José Manuel Rodriguez Uribe.
the Return of the Pokerklas Copa Libertadores final between arch-rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate would actually have been played in Buenos Aires on Saturday 24 november.
So, it was not.
When Boca arrived to the arena were being attacked in their spelarbuss and several players were injured.
Pablo Pérez and Gonzalo Lamard.
After many trips back and forth decided Conmebol (South america’s equivalent to Uefa) that the match, for security reasons, could not be played in Argentina, but that it should be played at the Santiago Bernabéu in the Spanish capital Madrid on Sunday.
And the Spanish authorities are prepared for chaos.
”Very important”
police Chief José Manuel Rodriguez Uribe confirms that the match should be monitored by a total of 4 000 specialpoliser. It is more than twice as many compared to the Champions League final at the Santiago Bernabéu in 2010 (1 in 400) and El Clásicot between Real Madrid and Barcelona which was played five days after the Paris attacks 2015 (1 500).
– It is very important to have a large security apparatus since this is a högriskmatch like no other, ” says José Manuel Rodriguez Uribe.
Firmaledaren stopped
He said that between 200 and 300 high-risk supporters) have been identified by the Spanish and argentine authorities, and that some of them stopped from going on the match. Among other things, was Rafa Di Zeo, Bocas infamous firmaledare, stopped when he arrived at the Madrid airport and sent back home to Argentina.
Santiago Bernabéu stadium can accommodate 81 000 spectators.
10 000 tickets have been sold in Argentina. In addition, both clubs scored 20 000 tickets were to provide. Other tickets have been sold by the Spanish and south american fotbollförbunden.
✓ Match played on Sunday at 20:30 and is broadcast on Eurosport 1 and Eurosport Player.