The Copa Libertadores final between River Plate and Boca Juniors has been suspended for a second day following the bus attack that marred Saturday's original date for the game to take place.
Boca Juniors had requested for CONMEBOL to suspend the game, which is the second leg of the final, after the team bus was attacked by River fans on Saturday when the match was initially supposed to take place.
The Xeneizes travelled across Buenos Aires with the final all-square at 2-2 after the opening game at La Bombonera, but their bus was showered with projectiles on the way to River's El Monumental stadium, with some smashing windows of the vehicle.
After discussions that led to several delays, the game was eventually suspended for 24 hours until 17:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on Sunday.
But, with Boca having urged authorities to not let the game go ahead at all this weekend, that request has now been granted and the game will not go ahead on Sunday either.
Although Boca did not demand specific punishments for River, article 18 of the CONMEBOL statutes covers a wide range of sanctions, including; fines, cancellation of a match, obligation to play a game behind closed doors, withdrawal of a title or prize.
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