River Plate's Monumental stadium to host Copa Libertadores 2024 final

The Monumental in Buenos Aires will host the final of the Libertadores-2024 (Conmebol)
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Asuncion, Paraguay | AFP | Saturday 04/10/2024 - 19:59 UTC-5 | 189 words

The Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, the home of River Plate, will host the single final of the Copa Libertadores 2024, the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) announced on Friday.

The ‘grand final’ of the Copa Libertadores ‘will take place at the iconic Estadio Monumental de River Plate, in Buenos Aires, Argentina,’ Conmebol said on social media.

The South American football governing body had months ago designated Buenos Aires as the venue for the final, but the stadium that will host the final of the continent's top club competition on 30 November had yet to be decided.

The Monumental ‘with a capacity for more than 84,000 spectators, has been selected for its modern infrastructure, its vast sporting history and its capacity to receive the large number of fans that accompany the current semi-finalist clubs,’ Conmebol said.

The designation of the Monumental keeps River Plate's hopes of lifting the Cup at home alive as they are through to the semi-finals, where they will face Brazil's Atletico Mineiro.

The other finalist will come between Penarol of Montevideo and Botafogo of Brazil.

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