"If we are not able to resume the local tournament it would be very imprudent and irresponsible to pretend to make the final of the Copa Libertadores in Chile"

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Today there will be a key conclave on the organization of the Single Final that will star River and Flamengo for the definition of the Copa Libertadores. Conmebol summoned the authorities of both teams to "review all aspects of the organization." Claudio Tapia, president of the AFA, and the headlines of the Brazilian Football Confederation and the National Association of Professional Soccer of Chile will also participate.

The wave of protests in Chile sowed doubts about the possibility of making the final on Saturday, November 23 at the National Stadium in Santiago, Chile.

Pending what happens at Luque's offices, Felipe Guevara Stephens, mayor of the Santiago Metropolitan Region, left a clear message about the social situation in the trans-Andean country. “The desire is that the final of the Copa Libertadores be played in Santiago, but if we are not able to organize and produce national football, it would be very imprudent and irresponsible to pretend to make the final of the Copa Libertadores in Chile. Once the tournament can be resumed and in high-risk matches it is shown that it is possible to provide security, we will be in positions to keep the final venue, ”he said.

Another fact to keep in mind is that the Chilean soccer team had a friendly match scheduled for the next FIFA Date on November 15 before its Bolivia pair. However, on the official site of the ANFP they already took that meeting out of their programming, so everything indicates that those directed by Reinaldo Rueda will only face Peru in Lima on November 19.

"The only thing that has been ratified so far is that the game of November 15 is no longer going," said Roberto Blanco, vice president of the Bolivian Football Federation, in dialogue with La Tercera.

However, Guevara is confident that the match between River and Flamengo can take place as agreed. “The decision is from Conmebol. We already offered the will of the Government to give guarantees that you can play in peace and the president asked to return the city to the citizens. Let football, culture and shows come back. And we work on that. ”

In addition, tomorrow Tuesday there will be meeting of the ANFP to elucidate what will be the next step with the National Championship, which so far has no resumption date, and what will surely happen with the friendly against Bolivia.

Given this situation, what will happen today at the headquarters of Conmebol will be key. In the last hours the possibility of moving the final to another city, such as Montevideo (November 30 in the Centenary) or in Asunción (could be 23 or 30, began to take hold, in case it cannot be rescheduled the date of Paraguayan football). Further back they appear as a Lima or Miami variant.