The CONMEBOL eliminated this Thursday from the South American Cup to the Independent Argentinean for the acts of violence recorded on August 20 in the stands of his stadium during the second round of the round of 16 that left 22 injured and a hundred detainees and decided that the University of Chile is classified. The Chilean blue team will be measured in the quarterfinals with the Peruvian Lima Alliance.
Conmebol said in a statement that the elimination of Independiente de Avellaneda does not imply its “exclusion of future competitions”, but it will force it to play behind closed doors the next seven games in a local condition in the competitions sponsored by the entity based in Luque.
It also includes the obligation to play its next seven visitor games without club fans. Likewise, the South American agency determined to impose two fines on the club for a total of $ 250,000.
The Independent and the U match was suspended by Uruguayan referee Gustavo Tejera in the 48th minute, when they tied 1-1, a result that favored the Chilean formation in the global global formation. Fans of the visiting team occupied by the Bochini Alta tribune began to throw seats and pieces of concrete extracted from the structure towards the lower part, where they were fans of the red.
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Despite the efforts to contain violence, a large group of local fans managed to access the gallery where there was still a handful of fans of the University of Chile, who were violently attacked. As a result of the violent incidents 22 people were injured and more than one hundred, they were arrested. They were mostly Chilean nationality, according to the Argentine authorities.
Conmebol also resolved that the U. of Chile play without fans seven local games and another similar number as a visitor. In addition, he imposed economic fines for $ 270,000.
Independent rejects its elimination
The Argentine Independent Club rejected Conmebol’s decision to eliminate it from the South American Cup and that University of Chile advances to the quarterfinals, arguing that “the violent won.” “He lost football. They won the violent,” he said independently in a brief message posted on his social networks, next to an image of a sweater with the shield of the club stained with blood.
The president of the University of Chile, Michael Clark, considers for his part that “justice has been done” but regretted the sanction of Conmebol that will prevent him from playing before his audience.
