Sanction penalizes what happened during a match against Atlanta, a club linked to the Jewish community in the country; All Boys fans distributed leaflets and carried a box similar to a coffin with the Israeli flag
The All Boys Club of the Argentine Second Division is expected to play without cheering at home as punishment for anti-Semitic conduct from their fans and 10 of them will not be able to attend sporting events, according to the measure published on Friday (4) in the Official Gazette. The sanction against the club was imposed by the disciplinary court of the Argentine Football Association, while restriction to fans is a resolution of the Ministry of Security. In both cases, the measures will be indefinitely.
The sanction penalizes last Sunday (29), before and during a team match against the, which is linked to the Argentina Jewish community, when All Boys fans distributed pamphlets with anti -Semitic expressions and carried a box similar to a coffin with the Israeli flag, according to videos that circulated on social networks.
The duel between All Boys x Atlanta is rolling in the forest, by the second division of Argentina.
Atlanta is known to be a Jewish community club in the North Zone of Buenos Aires and the opposing fans did it
– Luan Araujo (@luanaraujo90)
The fake coffin was painted with the colors of Atlanta, located in the Villa Crespo neighborhood, where part of the Argentine Jewish community of 300,000 people live, the largest. The case provoked the intervention of the Ministry of Security, which, after registering a criminal complaint, was able to identify ten fans. All Boys may present its defense in the coming days.
The Argentine Football Association expressed its “total and absolute repudiation of the aberrant acts of anti-Semitism,” in a statement on Monday. The club also expressed its repudiation, but highlighted “the exemplary behavior of the vast majority of members and fans” who attended. “The facts of public knowledge do not in any way represent the feelings and thoughts of the genuine All Boys fan, but of a tiny group that with their actions generate irreparable damage to our dear and beloved institution,” said the group.
*With information from AFP
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