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Policías particulares en las canchas para asegurar el orden
Citing they inability to police mass amounts of fans, and growing incidents that take place at stadiums, clubs are petitioning for more police presence. They also cite that the lower division teams are in a worse situation.
El referee y los linesmen se fueron de la cancha 3 horas después de terminado el match
Fan violence the same week as the La Plata tragedy, as projectiles rain down upon referees. They could not leave the stadium for 3 hours fearing their own safety.
Fue consumada en el túnel y los pasillos cuando fue expulsado
Punched and kicked by a mob waiting in the tunnel during the match, a Boca Juniors player is attacked (who let these assailants in the tunnel?)
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Gases, water hoses, police, unruly fans...all on display
...y todo pasó en un partido de fútbol
A fan threw a knife at a referee in La Paternal, most likely a Boca Juniors fan. Police are called in and launch gas canisters, creating mayhem. Some fans storm the field to escape the gas, and a few throw projectiles at the stands and at police…
Boca no responsibilizaba al público ni a sus hinchas, dice el Dr. Armando
Boca does not want sanctions for the behavior of its fans. President Armando says it is the fault of the referee and police (not the Boca fan who threw a knife onto the field, or tried to burn parts of the stadium). The referee, in turn, states that…
Various articles on the aftermath of Argentinos Juniors vs. Boca Juniors
The various articles shows how hostile Pres. Armando from Boca is towards the AFA, the referee, and the police. An air of arrogance. Boca holds a meeting of its members that is more like a rallying cry. One Boca official even accuses River Plate of…
Semana trágica. -Ni policía ni leña. -El hinchón de hoy. -La vuelta del paraguayo
El Bachiller believes that the excessive violence at stadiums is a shared responsibility to refrain from accusing referees of corruption or promoting the use of force to calm things down. He attributes this old violence to a national character that…
Exceso de "colados"; "Se gana con goles, ¿no?", dijo Douksas, y los rojos hicieron dos y los boquenses ninguno
Incidents at the end of the match included a person attacking a player, who promptly beats him up. There is some reference to the use of gases ("cohetes o tiros alarmaron a los hinchas")
En la cancha de Brown hirieron a Marante y agredieron al referee
Referee is seriously injured and taken home, while fans also attack players trying to protect the official.
Los sucesos ocurridos el sábado imponen la obligación de proceder con mano firme
This 1950 article does a good job of showing how journalists continuously lamented the current state of affairs and looked at the past nostalgically...but the past was frought with violence as well.
El autor del gol del triunfo reaccionó frente a un hincha
The summary traces a direct line between the excessive physicality of a player, the referee who sanctions these offenses, the fans who get riled up, and the player who responds by confronting fans and referee. The atmosphere becomes heated and leads…
Cartoon (Futbolísticas)
This cartoon was developed before the Lanús-Huracán match on November 13; however, Campeónpublished it anyway after the death of Pascual Tuozzo. In the cartoon, two men stretcher off an inured fan who looks dead with a hat on his chest. One of the…
Ante la tragedia de Lima
This is one of the few times that Argentine journalists witnessed violence and death at a foreign stadium. They were there to witness a match between Argentina and Perú, but also reported on the over 200 deaths that took place.
Todos fueron culpables...
Banfield and Independiente play a brutal match, where players have bad intentions and rile up the atmosphere in the stadium.
Una ingrata incidencia motivó la suspensión del juego; Hubo invasión de cancha y agresión al arbitro
Fans tore the fences, invaded the field, and tried to attack the match official (supposedly due to the inflamed passions of certain female supporters from Rosario).