In the last few hours, a serious complaint shook the world of Colombian professional football, as Eduardo Méndez, president of Independiente Santa Fe, told the El Tiempo website that the ‘auriverde’ fans would not be allowed to enter the Nemesio Camacho Stadium. Campín of the city of Bogotá.
The determination would have been made after the invasion of the playing field by Atlético Bucaramanga fans and an alleged attack received by the ‘Cardinals’ managers, apparently caused by the logistics of the Alfonso López stadium.
This is what happened
With a score from Freddy Hinestroza, Atlético Bucaramanga once again asserted its football style, the one that has taken it to the top of national football, against an Independiente Santa Fe that came to the duel after subduing its rivals in the semi-final home runs. with an undefeated record of six days.
However, after the final whistle of the match’s central judge, Wílmar Roldán, in the midst of the emotion of the moment, some Atlético Bucaramanga fans invaded the field of play to sing and celebrate the partial victory of ‘Leopardo’.
This situation would not have been overlooked by the directors of Independiente Santa Fe, who, according to the web portal ‘El Tiempo’, made the decision not to host visiting fans in the second leg, which will take place next Saturday in the El Campín stadium.
“We are winning the game 1-0 and those people get on the field just to hurt us. I’m not going to take risks. Santa Fe is not going to take risks,” Méndez mentioned.
One of the tests
Likewise, the manager revealed in the same dialogue that members of Independiente Santa Fe were mistreated due to the logistics of the confrontation.
“At the end of the game, as everyone saw, the field was invaded and the logistics people behaved badly and they attacked several of us from Santa Fe, especially the managers, they attacked us with shoves and grabbed us by the leg,” Eduardo Méndez added. , president ‘Cardinal’.
This would have been evidenced in a video that began to circulate on social networks, in which a person can be seen wearing the capital club’s shirt in the middle of a brawl on the field of play.
It is worth noting that initially there was an agreement so that the two games would have the presence of visiting fans; even 1,000 followers of the capital team could be present on the sporting stage.
The mayor of Bucaramanga spoke
Faced with this position of Santa Fe, the mayor of Bucaramanga, Jaime Andrés Beltrán, asked him to reconsider this decision.
“I respectfully ask the president of @SantaFe, Eduardo Méndez, to reconsider this decision. In Bucaramanga, the safety of the Bogotá team delegation and its fans was guaranteed since their arrival in the city,” said the president.
“There are hundreds of @ABucaramanga fans who already have tickets purchased for the game in Bogotá with the hope of accompanying the team, just as more than 1,000 Santa Fe fans did in Bucaramanga. The celebration of football must be shared, just as it happened in our stadium,” added Jaime Andrés Beltrán.
