Copa Libertadores final POSTPONED after Boca Juniors players injured when bus attacked by River Plate fans

Copa Libertadores final POSTPONED after Boca Juniors players injured when bus attacked by River Plate fans
The Copa Libertadores final between River Plate and Boca Juniors has been postponed after Boca’s team bus was attacked ahead of the game.Several Boca players suffered injuries from flying shards of glass from broken windows and were also taken ill due to the effects of tear gas used by the police to disperse the crowds around River’s El Monumental Stadium.The bus had numerous windows broken5
The bus had numerous windows broken
Carlos Tevez was among the injured5
Carlos Tevez was among the injured
CONMEBOL, the South American Football Confederation, initially delayed the match by an hour to 1800 local time (2100GMT) as a result of the violence, and then put it back again until 1915 (2215GMT) before finally announcing it would be postponed.The monumental clash between two of the worlds most bitter footballing rivals will now take place on Sunday at 8pm UK time, 24 hours later than originally planned.The game is the second leg of the fixture. The first ended 2-2 at Bocas Bombonera two weeks prior.Television footage showed River supporters hurling objects at the bus as it made its way to the El Monumental ground.Bocas star man former Manchester United and Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez was one of those worst affected by the gas.Their captain Pablo Perez was also cut and taken to hospital, while the bus driver was reportedly knocked unconscious after being hit by a rock. Pablo Perez was taken care of in the hospitalDiarioOle5
Pablo Perez was taken care of in the hospital
Gonzalo Lamaro was also cut in one eyeDiarioOle5
Gonzalo Lamaro was also cut in one eye
Images from inside the visitors’ changing room showed a host of players being helped by doctors.Former Argentina striker Gabriel Batistuta branded the scenes “shameful”, saying on Twitter: “Another opportunity lost in front of the whole world that observes us, shameful, lamentable.”CONMEBOL had been keen to press ahead with the match regardless of the incident but with Boca making it clear they were in no condition to play, agreed to reschedule the match after fans inside the stadium were left waiting for a number of hours.Fans inside Rivers stadium will have to come back again on Sunday5
Fans inside Rivers stadium will have to come back again on Sunday
 Boca’s club secretary said: “The players are all injured, they cannot play.”Tevez had claimed Boca were being forced to play against their will before CONMEBOL backed down, saying:“They are forcing us to play. The doctors are putting us under a lot of pressure.“We have three team-mates who are not in a state to play the game. But if we have to play we will play.“There were a lot of players coughing, wanting to throw up. I had a lot of pain in my throat and my headache is only going away now.”

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