The CEO of Fortaleza updates the situation on the club’s scenario in Chile

The CEO of Fortaleza updates the situation on the club’s scenario in Chile


Through the social networks of the club, Marcelo Paz spoke updating the situation of players, fans and coaching staff in Santiago, Chile.




The match between Collo-Pol and Fortaleza, in the monumental of Chile, had to be interrupted 24 minutes in the second phase due to the invasion of Chilean club fans on the lawn. The duel, which was linked 0-0, still involved the death of two people before football. The CEO SAF of Fortaleza updated the situation of the tricolor fans who were present.

– I think you followed what happened here in Chile. The state of the moment is that the two teams do not want to play again, has no sporting environment, any security. The idea is that the stadium has evacuated. Some fans still remain inside the stadium and don’t want to leave.

– There is a specific question here in Chile, according to which the police cannot enter the stadium, so those who make safety from the inside are a private security. It is a case with a little more difficulty. The information we have is that there was a police clash with the Colo fans -col outside, due to a situation that took place during the game, it seems to me that a being, a kind of serious situation – said the manager.

After the event, and some time later, the match was canceled by Conmebol. At the moment, what is foreseen in the entity regulation is that the game is restarted in the same minute in which the timer was stopped or the duel will be reprogrammed according to availability.

– We are in a safe environment, players, technical committee. Our crowd on the other side is also a tense situation, because we don’t know the time that can leave. The police will not be able, at this moment, to be with our delegation, nor with our fans – concluded Marcelo Paz.

Source: Terra

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