River vs Boca Madrid final: Ticket allocations for the Bernabeu

The second leg of the Copa Libertadores final between River Plate and Boca Juniors will be played at the Bernabéu on Sunday December 9.

The rescheduled second leg fixture of the 2018 Copa Libertadores final between River Plate and Boca Juniors will be played at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid on Sunday December 9 at 20:30 CET – pending appeals on the part of both clubs – leading to a ticketing issue that has been handed to the Spanish Football Federation to resolve.

In principle, all those fans that were in possession of a ticket for the return leg at El Monumental in Buenos Aires will have priority to obtain a ticket for the Bernabéu game. The match in El Monumental was a sell-out, meaning that 60,000 River fans will have first refusal.

River and Boca fans to be handed priority sale

The remainder of the tickets are expected to be split between the two sets of fans; away supporters are banned from attending games in Argentina. That will leave 21,000 tickets to be split between River and Boca fans.

Allowing for the number of tickets Conmebol will reserve for officials etc, that number may be considerably lower and the remainder of any unsold tickets will be then made available for general sale through the RFEF website.

Given the extraordinary nature of the game and the logistical implications of potentially bringing tens of thousands of River and Boca supporters to Madrid, there is no word yet as to when tickets will go on sale.