Global Courant
There were overflows in the access to La Bombonera and complaints about the treatment of the City Police affected by the service. “We treat them differently in Santiago,” they complained.
The country’s terrible economic situation means that coming from abroad is relatively cheap, due to the differences in the exchange rate. That is why there was a flood of Colo Colo fans who arrived in Argentina in the run-up to the duel against Boca. 2,000 tickets were sold and it is presumed that another 2,000 were left without entering due to lack of tickets or false tickets. Thus, in 24 hours, the supporters of the ‘Cacique’ experienced an ordeal that culminated in fire and stones in Puerto Madero.
The incidents began early Monday. The first to arrive in Buenos Aires took over the Obelisk and to sing and cheer for Colo Colo. There were also some arrests there.
Then everything moved in the vicinity of the Bombonera when Chilean fans tried to hang a Colo Colo flag: those from Boca appeared and there were insults, blows and threats, but the riots subsided with the arrival of a body of the City Police .
And at dawn, there was a tough confrontation in a renowned San Telmo bowling alley.
This Tuesday the inconveniences continued. The first crossing happened in the Puerto Madero area, where 40 buses gathered to transport the fans.
Once at the Bombonera, there were bullfights and a lot of shoving because around 2,000 Chileans had false tickets. A few were able to jump the turnstiles. There were tense moments. Minutes later, those who could not enter moved to the Puerto Madero area to block the street and set fire to the garbage in the area.
For all this, Chileans were not allowed to enter with fireworks, flags or percussion instruments.
After the game, the fans were also going to be accompanied by the troops to Puerto Madero. The Chilean team bus will be supervised and escorted by police vehicles when entering and leaving the stadium.
City Police personnel, Traffic and Prevention Agents, along with the entire City Comprehensive Security System participated in the operation,” was the text issued by the Buenos Aires City Security Committee hours before the game .
