The president of Independiente, Néstor Grindetti, He traveled on Thursday to Paraguay to address at the headquarters of Conmebol the serious acts of violence that led to The cancellation of the party against Universidad de Chile for the round of 16 of the South American Cup and with the aim of “finish solving the implications at the sports level.”
“The president and general secretary of the club are on their way to Paraguay for work on behalf of the Independent Athletic Club against Conmebol and finish solving the implications at the sports level“, Announced the club in a statement, in which he” strongly “condemned the” very serious acts of violence “during Wednesday’s match for the round of 16 of the South American Cup.
Violence began on the end of the first half, with The match matched to one and a 2-1 global in favor of Chileanswhen fanatics of the visiting team located in one of the highest stands of the stadium began to throw seats and pieces of the stands extracted from the structure towards the lower part, where they were fans of the red.
Independent fans tried to approach the visiting sector, forced the reinforcement of security with police infantry personnel, in parallel with the evacuation of Chilean fans.
Despite the efforts to contain violence, a large group of local fans managed to access the gallery where it was still A handful of Chilean fans, who were violently attacked.
According to official sources, the incidents left a balance of 22 injured – two of them in serious condition – and 111 detaineesmostly belonging to the visiting fans.
In his statement, Independiente denounced that “the incidents began in the visiting sector since the previous party”, when fans of the University of Chile would have Attacked the closed security cameras system before destroying the health facilities of the sector.
The club, which recognized “unacceptable aggressions by local groups”He emphasized that all security protocols were activated, in coordination with the relevant authorities and stressed that he is collaborating with research and contributing all available evidence.
In addition, he said that “he will work tirelessly to that each individual person is identified and sanctioned“And that will claim” to those responsible and third the material damages caused “in its facilities.
Independiente’s statement continues to statements from its president to local media in which he said that the club “has had nothing to do” and stressed that It was the Chilean fans who began the riots.
The manager said, in an interview with the TyC Sports channel, that “a sanction to the Chilean club and A liberation from responsibility to Independent“
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