Universidad de Chile complain of violence vs Independiente in Argentina | OneFootball

The University of Chile presented a complaint to the Argentine justice system on Monday for the acts of violence suffered by its fans on Wednesday, during a match of the South American Cup against Independiente, in Buenos Aires.

“The Argentine justice system must conduct an investigation to determine those responsible and apply the sanctions established by law,” said the Chilean club in a statement, which reported the meeting between its president, Michael Clark, and the prosecutor investigating the case, Mariano Zitto.

The violent brawl between Independiente and University of Chile fans at the Libertadores de América stadium, in Avellaneda, south of Buenos Aires, left 19 injured, two of whom remain hospitalized in serious condition, and more than 100 detained, who were released on Friday.

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Fans of both teams attacked each other with knives, batons, and tear gas inside the stadium, in one of the worst acts of violence in Latin American football in recent years.

The match, valid for the second leg of the South American Cup round of 16, was suspended at 48 minutes and later canceled.

The complaint “is directed to all authorities and municipal, provincial, and national agents responsible for organizing and coordinating the event,” the Chilean team's press office informed AFP.

“Organizational disorder”

Independiente reported on Sunday that “25 of the delinquents” who allegedly participated in the violent confrontations at their stadium had already been identified by the authorities, who “are advancing in operations to arrest those responsible”.

However, in an interview with the party newspaper Muy Independiente on Monday afternoon, prosecutor Zitto stated that neither the Argentine club nor the security forces had informed him about the identities of these 25 people.

Zitto considered that “at least, there was organizational disorder” during the match and said he would investigate the actions of private security and his coordination with the police.

“Of the 4,000 Chilean fans, 300 caused the disturbances that started everything, and then there were tens of thousands of Independiente fans, and a small number generated the other situation. There were entire families from both sides who came to enjoy a sporting event,” observed the prosecutor.

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Axel Kicillof, governor of the province of Buenos Aires, where the Libertadores de América stadium is located, pointed to the responsibility of Conmebol on Monday and said that what happened “is being resolved judicially”.

“Obviously, something wild happened. Wild on the part of the Chilean fans (…) and then wild when some Independiente fans appeared,” he told Radio con Vos.

According to Conmebol, the security of the match was in charge of Independiente. The operation was questioned by various voices, including that of Chilean President Gabriel Boric, who denounced an “unacceptable lynching of Chileans”.

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