Atlético Bucaramanga he smiled first in the final of the Colombian League after beating 1-0 Independent Santa Fe in the ‘Beautiful City’‘.
The party that took place on Saturday at the Alfonso López Stadium cIt was held with the presence of 1,000 fans of the ‘Cardinal’ team who went to the Santander capital from Bogotá, after the club gave the go-ahead to the visiting fans.
However, despite the fact that the president of the capital team Eduardo Méndez had announced that they would also receive the fans of Atlético Bucaramanga in El Campínthe determination now is different: There will be no visiting public.
The leader of ‘León’ passed through the microphones of La W to explain this decision motivated by the invasion of ‘Leopard’ fans to the field to celebrate the victory, as well as a problem with the team’s logistics.
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The president of Independiente Santa Fe He explained what the bad treatment he suffered when the meeting ended consisted of.
“Once the game is over there was a massive invasion of the field. For this reason, the Santa Fe managers who were watching the game in the box decided to go down. because one doesn’t know. Went, logistics became aggressive and they used force to not let us enter (…) The only thing we wanted was to protect ourselves so that nothing was going to happen,” said Méndez, who indicated that members of the staff “ran over” the ‘Lion’ entourage.
It is for this reason that decided not to let the Atlético Bucaramanga fans enter next Saturday, June 15, who had already received approval from Independiente Santa Fe.
“I have been a man who honors the word the most, But events happen and one makes decisions. We hope that Dimayor will speak out in its disciplinary commission and if not, we will have to talk to the local authorities to see what they say. However, the first thing we said is we have to suspend because I am not going to want 1,000 people to overwhelm the logistics, enter the field and a match had to be suspended for that,” stated the sports leader.
Regarding the criticism of the mayor of Bucaramanga Jaime Andrés Beltrán, Eduardo Méndez acknowledged that he has never spoken with him nor made a direct commitment to the president to deliver visiting tickets.
Likewise, he referred to the fact that despite the party there were excesses that must be taken into account. “There was gunpowder, which is prohibited in the stadium by Dimayor, and then the invasion of the field.”
However, The president emphasized that it is a preventive measure. “We are looking to prevent. “They have sanctioned us and they have punished our bars,” said Méndez, who pointed out that they will meet with the district authorities to analyze the decision, waiting for Dimayor to rule after its Disciplinary Commission.
Finally, regarding the concern of whether the ticket had already been delivered to the visiting fans, Méndez clarified that it had not been granted. “The tickets have not been sold to Bucaramanga because we had to anticipate their entry, what it was going to be like and how they were going to arrive. This is not improvisation, it is planning for the benefit of a show” he pointed out.
Listen to the full interview below:
We must prevent: Eduardo Méndez on denying entry of Bucaramanga fans to El Campín
