Somebody is trying to start a South American soccer war...

You know...

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

I mean, I get it – probably better than most... There are people who view soccer as more important than their lives.

But we have had another high profile ultras attack this weekend. It has marred, and (hopefully not just) temporarily delayed the South American club championship match between rivals River Plate and Boca Juniors.

River Plate fans attacked the Boca Juniors bus with rocks and other projectiles, shattering the glass of the bus while the Boca team was on the way to the stadium yesterday to play the second legs of the Copa Libertadores.

The first leg was drawn, there is no away goals rule.

Several players were injured, including the Boca captain getting glass up near his eye and basically ensuring that, had the match been played yesterday, he would've been unable to play.

A fierce battle ensued to try to get the match delayed, with even a five-year ban against Boca Juniors weighed should they actually have refused to take the pitch.

Somehow, and, given the world of South American futbol, shockingly, some sanity reigned, and the match was delayed.

Not enough, or are we going to have another Galatasray – the Turkish club whose ultras killed several Leeds supporters before defeating the team to aid in winning what I believe was then the UEFA Cup??

There was only one acceptable solution: A long ban for River Plate (yes, the same River Plate whose fans rioted when they were relegated) and the immediate awarding of the Copa Libertadores to Boca Juniors.

EDIT TO ADD:  And now the match is off completely, pending a meeting on Tuesday.