O Fortaleza was declared as a game winner against Colo-Colofor the second round of Libertadores. Conmebol gave a 3-0 win for the Brazilian team, which rose to third place in Group E.
Now, Fortaleza has four points, a victory and zero balance. The information was initially published by the website “UOL”.
In addition to the defeat, Colo-Colo will still be punished with a still indefinite financial fine, and also with the obligation to play closed gates as a principal and no fans when visitor.
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Colo-Colo x Fortaleza: What happened
To the game between Colo-Colo and Fortalezaon April 10, by the Libertadores 2025, was canceled after riot occurred 24 minutes into the second half. The game was tied 0-0 at the Monumental David Arellano stadium in Santiago, Chile, when fans of the Chilean team hurled objects, broke glass and invaded the lawn.
The act was a protest for Deaths of two fans – Occurred before the ball rolled around the stadium after running. Colo-Colo fans began to shake white shirts in the stands and revolted against the police, stopping the match.
An 18 -year -old fan and a 13 -year -old fan were run over by a police car.
Since the game was canceled instead of suspended, there was no possibility that the ball will roll again. The result was to be decided by the disciplinary unit of Conmebol, as stated on the 184 Libertadores Manual 2025, about canceled duels.
Conmebol’s disciplinary unit assessed that Colo-Colo was responsible for the problem, giving the victory to Fortaleza.
The punishment of the Colo-Colo could have been greater. The regulation speaks of exclusion from Libertadores after canceled games.
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Libertadores: Regulation on suspended matches
5.1.12.3 Step 3 – Cancellation of the match
After Crisis Security Meeting performed during step 2 (suspension of starting):
Se o Behavior Persistent after the restart of the game or if the match cannot be resumedo Referee must, as a last appeal, cancel the match.
Important:
The decision to cancel the match will only be taken after all other possible measures have been exhausted and the impact of cancellation has been evaluatedtaking into account:
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The security of players and the public during step 2 (see previous item);
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With the participation of Departure delegate, Security officers, Contebol competition and operations direction, police authorities e stadium authoritiesamong others involved.
O Departure delegate will instruct the stadium’s voice official to make the following announcement (in the languages of the teams involved in the match):
Attention, please! This is an important security warning:
We regret that, due to continuous discriminatory behavior between viewers, which is interfering with the game’s progress, the referee decided Cancel the match.
We repeated: This match has been canceled.All viewers are requested to leave the stadium in an orderly manner.
To ensure everyone’s safety, we ask you to set aside time to get out of their seats and follow the instructions of safety personnel.More details about the consequences of the cancellation of the match will be disclosed in due course by Conmebol.
5.1.13 Sanctions
A Conmebol Disciplinary Commission will be responsible for:
Among the possible sanction they are:
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Disqualification the club involved in future tournaments organized by Conmebol;
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Suspension of the club of any other competition of Conmebol, as appropriate.
Beyond sanctions disciplinary and economic mentioned, the club will be:
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Exclusively responsible for any Civil or otherwise compensation in relation to other affected clubs and/or third parties;
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Conmebol will be exempt from any responsibilityincluding damages and/or losses suffered by the offending club or by third parties.
Libertadores: Fortaleza Group Classification
Group and
Position | Club | Points | Games | V | E | D | GP | GC | SG |
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1º | Atlético Bucaramanga | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 |
2º | Racing | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
3º | Fortaleza | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
4º | Colo-Colo | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 |