Independiente de Avellaneda announced on Sunday (24) that will immediately expel “the partners involved in the fierce fight during a match of the South American Cup on Wednesday (20) in southern Buenos Aires, which left more than 100 people detained and 19 wounds, two serious.
The Argentine club reported that “25 of the delinquents” who allegedly participated in the violent clashes in their stadium, Libertadores de America, have already been identified by the authorities, who “advance in operations to stop those responsible.”
“In Independiente, we will collaborate in everything necessary for each of them to receive the proper sanction,” the club said in a statement.
“In addition, they will be immediately expelled as partners and we will request the application of their right of lifetime admission, so that they never step on a soccer field,” he added.
Independiente fans and the Universidad de Chile have attacked knives, sticks and moral effects within the stadium in one of the worst violent acts in recent years in Latin America football.
The impactful confrontation took place during the return match of the round of 16 of the South American Cup. The game was canceled and the South American Football Confederation) studies any sanctions for both clubs, which could even be disqualified from the tournament.
Argentine authorities released on Friday (22) 104 Chilean fans who were arrested after the fights. Two people were still hospitalized on Friday.
The security of the meeting was in charge of Independiente, according to Conmebol, and has been questioned by several voices, including Chilean President Gabriel Boric, who denounced “unacceptable lynching of Chileans.”
