- Title: Bernabeu stadium ready to host Libertadores Cup final
- Date: 5th December 2018
- Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (DECEMBER 5, 2018) (REUTERS) INTERIOR OF SANTIAGO BERNABEU STADIUM LIGHTS OVER BERNABEU PITCH GROUNDSMAN WORKING ON THE PITCH INTERIOR OF SANTIAGO BERNABEU STADIUM LIGHTS OVER BERNABEU PITCH INTERIOR OF BERNABEU STADIUM PITCH VARIOUS OF GRANDSTANDS LIGHTS OVER PITCH GRANDSTANDS VARIOUS OF LIGHTS OVER PITCH WORKERS PITCH VARIOUS OF WORKER FIXING GRANDSTAND INT
- Embargoed: 19th December 2018 12:31
- Keywords: Boca Juniors Libertadores final Santiago Bernabeu stadium soccer fans football River Plate preparations
- Location: MADRID, SPAIN
- City: MADRID, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA00199O5HKV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Workers prepared on Wednesday (December 5) Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium for Sunday's (December 9) Libertadores Cup final second leg between River Plate and Boca Juniors.
River drew 2-2 with arch-rivals Boca Juniors in the first leg on November 11 but the return has been moved to Spain after Boca players were injured when fans attacked their team bus with stones and bottles as it approached River's Monumental stadium for the second leg on November 24.
Several players were hit by shattered glass and some were affected by tear gas or pepper spray.
Last Thursday (November 29), the South American Football Confederation CONMEBOL announced the decision to move the game to Real Madrid's Bernabeu stadium.
Each team will get 25,000 tickets for the game but only 5,000 of them can be sold to fans inside Argentina, CONMEBOL said.
It is the first time that the two clubs have met in the final of the competition, which is the South American equivalent of the Champions League. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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