2023-11-22 22:22:55
The Rio de Janeiro Police and the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) held each other responsible this Wednesday for the violent incidents that occurred before the South American Superclásico in which Argentina beat Brazil 0-1 at the Maracaná in the South American qualifying group for the World Cup. of 2026.
While the CBF alleged in a statement that it reported all the details regarding the security of the match in advance and did not receive any recommendations, the police say that it only learned last Thursday that fans of the two teams would share the stands. and they would not be separated.
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When the anthems were being played, a fight broke out between Argentine and Brazilian fans in the south stand of the Maracana and the incidents were aggravated by the intervention of the police, who forcefully repressed the visiting fans.
The start of the match was postponed for 27 minutes because the Albiceleste players tried to intervene to calm things down and, given the lack of results from their efforts, they retired to the locker room until the situation was controlled.
The balance of the incidents
As a result of the melee, two fans had to be hospitalized with bruises on the head and Eight Argentines were arrested accused of having provoked the incidents and of course contempt for authority.
The Military Police of Rio de Janeiro assured in a statement that they were only informed on Thursday that the fans of the two teams would share stands, when the tickets had already been sold out, so there was no time to prevent this situation.
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“Security in the stands was in charge of a specialized company hired by the CBF. Following its own protocols, the CBF decided to release the sale without criteria of quotas for the fans of the two countries and, even more serious, not to delimit spaces in the sectors for each fan,” the note adds.
The Rio Police also alleged that they only intervene to quell riots in the stands when the situation gets out of control of the private security agents.
The CBF refers to FIFA
The CBF clarified that, by determination of FIFA, In matches between national teams there are no divisions in the stands for the fans, a fact that “was always known to the Police and other public authorities.”
The note adds that, for this reason, the security plan was prepared and dimensioned considering the classification of the game as risky and with rival fans sharing the stands, to the point that for this reason 1,050 private agents and 700 police officers were mobilized to guarantee order.
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