Boca and Racing, attention: Conmebol has announced where the final of the Copa Sudamericano will be played

With the second round of the South American in full dispute, the president of Conmebol, Alejandro Domínguez, confirmed on his X account (formerly Twitter) that the final of the tournament will be played in Assumption. The title match will be on Saturday November 23although the stadium has yet to be confirmed.

The main candidates to receive the match that will define the winner of the second South American club competition are: The new dishwhere Cerro Porteño or the Chaco Defenders. If you play at home Azulgranait will be the second time in history that it will receive the final of the tournament.

The first time he did it was in 2019 when they faced each other Columbus of Santa Fe AND Independent Valley. Under torrential rain, the match ended 3 to 1 in favor of the Ecuadorians. The final is remembered for the number of people present Sabalero who went to the lands of the Guaraní – it is estimated 40 thousand people They rallied – and previewed the Los Palmeras show.

As for Defensores, it would be the first time a South American final has been played. The stadium received the return of the final of the first Copa Libertadores which was disputed between Olympia AND Penarol and had Titmouse as America’s champion.

19 years passed and in 1979 they won a cup final again, this time for the first leg Olympia AND Boca Juniors, who had just been a two-time champion. He Dean They won 2-0, the second leg was a draw and they became champions. That title gave him the opportunity to play Intercontinental against Malmö from Sweden, who replaced the real champion of the European Champions Cup, Nottingham Forest.

The first leg was played in Sweden and was a 1-0 win for the Paraguayans, the return match at Defensores de Chaco was 2-0 for the local team who won their only world title. Then in 1992 the South American Super Cup who had it again Fringe as champions, drawing 3 to 3 with Nacional de Montevideo, but in the first leg in Uruguay, the Paraguayan team had won 3 to 0.

Dominguez He also had the luxury of confirming the location of the 2025 final and it will be there Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Conmebol chose that setting to commemorate the country’s bicentenary and the centenary of Bolivian Football Federation.

In this edition of South American Cupthere is six Argentine teams who will want to reach the final on November 23: Boca Juniors, Defensa y Justicia, Racing, Belgrano, Lanús and Argentinos Juniors. He Xeneize He goes looking for his third drink, while the Falcon and the Garnet They want to add their second title, the Academy and the Insect they did not win the competition.