The international friendly between Colo Colo and Universitario was suspended due to serious incidents in the stands of the Monumental stadium. It all started in the Arica sector, where some of the ‘Cacique’ fans threw flares and stun bombs that They affected goalkeeper Fernando De Paul for a few minutes.
The situation, however, worsened in Magallanes, where the visiting fans were located. Specifically, there was an explosion next to the fans, who quickly left the place to see what was happening. The Universitario players, for their part, showed concern and went to see how their followers were doing.
While that was happening, in Arica they began to sing “Alianza and Colo Colo, simply one”referring to the classic rival of the Peruvian U.
As the minutes passed, many fans left Magallanes. The situation did not improve and the match was suspended. This was announced by the voice of the stadium.
Minutes after the suspension of the match, Jaime Pizarro, Minister of Sports, referred to what happened. “I was able to find out that people could have been transferred so that they could verify injuries or if they had acoustic trauma.”. For the moment, nothing more… From a distance, one could see that the medical staff of the teams came closer to get more information,” he said.
