Peñarol fans threw a bottle at the Antel Arena field in the middle of the game

The sports festival, which brought thousands of spectators to the Antel Arena, was clouded by a new act of violence carried out by the fans of Peñarol.

There was one minute and 54 seconds left in the third quarter, when a glass bottle was thrown into the middle of the court from the third ring of the venue.

The projectile shattered and the pieces fell near the players who were on the court.

Miraculously there were no injuries.

The glasses were scattered all over the court

The match was stopped for several minutes while several fans they kept throwing objects They didn’t make it to the field.

With the match completely settled and the judges, upon deciding to resume the game, warning that in case of repeat behavior the match would be suspended, a group of fans kept throwing objects with the clear intention of suspending the meeting and the sports party.

In the last quarter, a lighter fell on the field that was kicked out by a Biguá player.

Three antecedents in this League

Penarol already received three sanctions for the behavior of their fans in this League that ended this Monday.

Due to incidents in the match against Malvín, in the fifth game of the quarterfinals, the aurinegro received a six-game closure for his court and a two-point deduction.

That sanction must be fulfilled in the Uruguayan League 2022-2023.

The incidents in the game against Malvín began with insults against John Flowers, a Peñarol player, who was rebuked by several Malvín players for waving at his fans.

The club’s security and president Sergio Somma entered the field of play and he had an out-of-control exchange with judge Alejandro Sánchez Varela.

However, the bulk of the sanction fell on Peñarol because When the Malvín players left, they threw some projectiles at them.

In the first semi-final match against Aguada, Peñarol fans were once again involved in incidents.

A group of fans entered the Antel Arena in malón passing security checks. inside the enclosure they razed a food place y they violated a fire hose that they used to wet their own fans. At the end of the game, they sang songs of death against Aguada, for two teenagers murdered in 2009l, which led Aguada to denounce that fact in particular.

For that episode, to Peñarol they gave him three more court closures that he will have to fulfill in the next season.

In February, for insulting the arbitration team at the Peñarol Palace in a match against Aguda, to Peñarol they had closed the field for four games in the regular phase.

In a single League with fans (the one in 2021, due to the pandemic, was played without an audience), Peñarol added 13 court closing dates and as if that were not enough, the resolution of the Court of Penalties for the violent episode of this Monday will be pending.

The vice president of the Uruguayan Basketball Federation, Álvaro Abdala, deplored the fact on his Twitter account: