CONMEBOL confirms new prize pool at 2019 Copa Libertadores draw

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. 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. 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. The prize pot for the Copa Libertadores will more than double next year, CONMEBOL said on Monday, but the continental championship will still trail a long way behind its European counterpart, the UEFA Champions League. Clubs competing in South America's premier club competition will share $161.9 million in 2019, up 56 percent from $103.85m this year, with the champions expected to bank at least $20.4 million, CONMEBOL president Alejandro Dominguez said. "Our administration is keeping its promise...

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