The violence of the Colo Colo bar once again tarnishes the football festival in Chile – Archyde

The duel that pitted the Acereros as winners of the 2023 season and Cacique, winner of the Chile Cup, was stopped in the 79th minute after a contingent of people invaded the athletics track before the last containment barrier that the separated from the court.
The north gallery where the Colo Colo bar was located maintained tension from the start of the match, accessing the covered sector of the tartan court in front of the stands and climbing over the bars that separated the area from the field.

2024-02-12 02:46:23
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By: EFE
Santiago de Chile, February 11 (EFE).- The Chile Super Cup match ended up suspended this Sunday with ten minutes remaining when Colo Colo beat Huachipato 2-0 at the National Stadium in Santiago, due to incidents caused by a group of barristas from the albo group in the stands.
The party’s capacity had been reduced from more than 40,000 to less than 30,000 because there were not enough police officers, who during the week were dedicated to providing support for the fires in Valparaíso and the funeral of former president Sebastián Piñera. , who died in a helicopter accident.
The National Association of Professional Football (ANFP) has not commented on the final decision of the match, which could be rescheduled to finish playing it and define the champion in a board meeting this Monday, according to the Colo sports manager told local media. Colo, Daniel Morón.
One of the conflicts within the violence committed by the barristas against the forces of order was the removal of cloaks and flags with slogans of Colo Colo and others against former president Piñera, who was a director of the club, and in. against the current president of the ANFP, Pablo Milad.
After the suspension, the barristas finished burning part of the chairs in a section of the stands, in addition to having caused damage in that section of the stadium where there is a memorial in memory of those who disappeared and were detained during the Chilean dictatorship.
The leading footballer of the white team and the Chilean team tried after the stoppage of the match in the second half to talk to the invaders of the field, in an attempt to finish the match, but it was impossible.
In sports, the team led by Argentine Jorge Almirón dominated the game and the scoreboard from the first half when he scored the two goals. One from a header converted by attacker Carlos Palacios, and another from a penalty scored by Vidal who showed that he was physically fit to play.
The ANFP had announced a national registry of fans, with entry controlled by facial recognition in a security device for the match that was overshadowed.
The Chilean soccer scene for the start of the season is also overshadowed by a strike declared by the Chilean Professional Soccer Players Union (Sifup) that slows down the start of the Chilean league, scheduled for next week due to the increase to six of the quota of foreign players on the field.
At halftime, the violence ended with the throwing of pieces of chairs and other dangerous objects in a confrontation and provocation by a group of Cacique’s barristas against the forces of order.
The Super Cup meant the return of football to the National Stadium, after two years of closure due to renovations for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games and the first official match of Colo Colo midfielder Arturo Vidal, who returns to Chilean football after a 17-year career. international, had also begun with a minute of silence after the events of a tragic week for the southern country.