River Plate and Boca Juniors had planned to face in another edition of the Argentine Superclásico to decide the winner of the Copa Libertadores, with the 2-2 first match at the Bombonera was expected a great game in the monumental.
However, the only big thing was the violence experienced hours before the game, when the bus carrying the Boca Juniors players was brutally attacked, with bottles, stones, and tear gas that entered the bus after the police tried to disperse the violent fans. The social misfits took advantage of the chaos caused to steal cars and loot nearby businesses, for a few hours Buenos Aires became the city without Law.
The whole world reacted to what happened, Marcelo Tinelli, vice president of San Lorenzo, the former captain of Barcelona, Carles Puyol, and fans of both teams showed their “shame” for what happened through social networks especially Twitter.
“What a pity the news that arrives from Argentina … That’s how you do not live football. SHAME !!!” It was the tweet of Carles Puyol, which had as a response a tweet from Maxi Rodriguez, the Argentine international who justified the behavior by replying “Friend here in ARGENTINA this is normal! And we call it Passion. We do not change anymore.” As if covering a child with fireworks was something to be proud of.
The president of CONMEBOL, Alejandro Domínguez, has spoken: “We want there to be no inequalities or excuses not to play and we have considered that this situation has not occurred”. The final is suspended until the conditions are met. The Copa Libertadores needs a champion and it would be a shame if it were given at a desk or that the game was played behind closed doors, nothing is still certain but other possibilities such as playing on neutral ground are handled, but nothing guarantees that the situation of violence does not repeat again.