CONMEBOL opens River Plate disciplinary hearing after fans attack Boca Juniors team bus
Tuesday 27 November 2018 11:36, UK
South American football body CONMEBOL has opened a disciplinary hearing against River Plate after its fans attacked the Boca Juniors bus before the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final on Saturday.
River Plate must present their defence to the hearing at the confederation headquarters in Luque, Paraguay, on Tuesday.
Confederation executives are also due to gather later that day to decide what to do about the second leg of the final.
The tie between the Buenos Aires rivals - level at 2-2 after the opening leg - was initially due to be played on Saturday but was postponed by a day after the incident in the Argentine capital.
But on Sunday, the decision was made to postpone the second leg indefinitely because some Boca players were injured by flying shards of glass and affected by tear gas, fired by police to disperse the crowd, following the incident near River's Monumental de Nunez Stadium.
The disciplinary committee will decide whether to disqualify River Plate, force the second leg to be played behind closed doors, or play the match at a neutral stadium.
