River 2-Boca 2: The superclásico wreaks havoc

Last update 16 November, 2012 by Julio Muñoz

The news that comes to us from Buenos Aires is regrettable.. The superclásico started as a party and almost ended as a tragedy. During the second part, before Boca got 1-2 penalty, the ultras of Boca de La 12 They fiercely attacked seven private security employees who were guarding the sector preventively.. The attack by the hundred violent radicals was so brutal that two of the agents jumped down a staircase leading out of the popular Centenario tribune to escape the blows..

The alarm immediately went off when the news spread that two of the security employees had died, extreme that at the close of this edition was completely denied. The madness ended when the seven people were treated in the guard room of the Pirovano hospital.. And given the rumor that there were two deaths, The medical report from those responsible for security was overwhelming.: “There was 25 injured by multiple trauma and one person suffered cardiac-respiratory arrest, sudden death at the end of the match, but they managed to save his life in the ambulance”.

Despite the 1.200 police officers and others 1.000 of private security, brutality was present in the Monumental. The day began with many provocations. From La Boca, His fans left in a caravan towards the Monumental simulating a funeral procession, with flower crowns by the river descent (were seized by the police), and ghosts with the B drawn.

Detained. The leader of the Boca gang, Mauro Martin, He tried to camouflage himself among the fans to enter the visiting stands without being detected by the police authorities. But the prank went wrong. The system recognized his fingerprints and he was prevented from entering the stadium. “We are going to ask the Police for financial compensation because River paid 900.000 pesos for the security operation and they did not control that twice as many 4.500 Boca fans who could access the stands”, a director of the Millonario complained when asked by AS.

In River there was no shortage of mockery either. In addition to having thrown five tons of shredded paper into the air, of having worn a white and red mosaic and of the presence of 4.000 banderas, the grotesque moment was when, at half time of the game, The fans inflated a giant suckling pig painted in the colors of Boca while thousands of River Plate residents sang to it “Riquelme, Riquelme”.

The derby was so hot that two journalists were attacked in the press sector of the stadium. The classic did not have a peaceful afternoon.