Brazil clubs have high hopes for 2019 Copa Libertadores

Fans from all over the world converged on Madrid to watch the Copa Libertadores final. Here's the best of the best from a historic day of football. Riot police clashed with fans throwing glass bottles and objects after River Plate won the Copa Libertadores final against rivals Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires. River Plate players expressed that it felt weird playing their home leg of the Copa Libertadores final in Real Madrid's Bernabeu after they beat Boca Juniors 5-3 on aggregate. In one sense, the 2018 Copa Libertadores has still not come to a close. Losing finalists Boca Juniors argue that their old rivals, River Plate, should have been disqualified for an attack by some of their fans on the Boca team bus and are taking their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Nevertheless, the draw for next year's competition has taken place -- the preliminary phase kicks off on Jan. 22 -- and CONMEBOL president Alejandro Dominguez used the occasion to get his point across....

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