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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…

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")

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…

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…

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…

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…

Gases, water hoses, police, unruly fans...all on display

Jornalist El Bachiller wrote a weekly column, of which he dedicated a bit this week to the problems in Liniers. He appeals to civility and rememberance near Mother's Day for the woman who lost a son.

Little mention of the role of the police

Unlike more established sports magazines, the death of Mario Linker makes the front cover of Campeón. Here is where the police in indicted in the press for its repressive tactics.

Police launch gas canisters into the crowd to disperse unruly fans
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