Boca Juniors fans outside the team’s hotel on Sunday. Ivan Alvarado/Reuters
BUENOS AIRES — The most anticipated Copa Libertadores final in decades might not be decided on the field after all.
The South American soccer confederation, Conmebol, will decide Tuesday whether to disqualify River Plate and award the title to its archrival, Boca Juniors; to force the second leg to be played behind closed doors; or to move the match to a neutral stadium.
The first leg of the final, at Boca’s La Bombonera stadium, ended in a 2-2 tie.
The second leg, originally scheduled for Saturday, was postponed after River Plate fans attacked the Boca Juniors team bus near River’s stadium, pelting it with rocks, bottles and wood, shattering some of its windows.