Groups of radical fans of Real Racing de Santander and Mlaga Club de Ftbol have stayed this Saturday to stick together in the area of the Piquo Gardens of the Cantabrian capital, where around 50 people have been summoned who have starred in a “campaign battle”, prior to the match that both teams will play in the afternoon, and which was not classified as “high risk”.
The confrontation between fans of both groups took place around eleven o’clock in the morning in the Jardines de Piquo area, close to the Sardinero sports fields, where the match will be held. The “serious disturbances” have taken place just a month after those that kept supporters of the Verdiblanco team and Oviedo in the center of the city.
This time, the fight between ranncinguistas ultras and malagueos has been together with catering establishments from Piquo. The manager of one of them has described it as a “pitched battle”, in statements to RNE collected by Europa Press.
In the opinion of this witness, although “they arrived calmly” at the place to have breakfast, “it is clear that they had arranged to fight”, and he has indicated in this regard that carried “flares” and that they have also “destroyed” local furniture, so now he has to “waste time and money” because of, he said, “this riffraff”.
The Government delegate, Ainoa Quiones, told the same station that Racing-Mlaga was not classified as a “somewhat risky” match, but after what happened security will be reinforced and access controls to the stadium, with which “the just are going to pay for sinners”.
For now, There are no arrests for these eventswhich Racing has condemned through its Twitter account, publishing the following message: “The Real Racing Club condemns the violent acts that occurred this morning in Piquo, these events do not represent either Racinguismo or the Spanish football fans. violence has no place in Los Campos de Sport de El Sardinero #RacingMlaga”.
The Government delegate has also done it after an “organized and premeditated” confrontation: “I can’t imagine that people are left to hit each other,” she admitted, while in another radio interview she confessed “pissed off” and “scared”. “I don’t believe it,” she has insisted.
It has been on Cadena Ser, to which he has indicated that the fight has lasted a short time thanks to the rapid police intervention, just “a minute”, as he has indicated, and after indicating that what happened will be investigated and security cameras will be reviewed , has been convinced that “soon” there will be arrests for these events, as happened with the confrontation between Racinguistas and people from Oviedo.
Through a statement, Quiones has condemned the “unfortunate images carried out by those who consider themselves sports fans when what they do does not represent football or sports, but rather gratuitous violence that tarnishes the image of true fans.”
Stayed in nets to stick
As detailed, from early in the morning, around 7:30 am, the National Police device was already prepared to control the Malaga fans who came to Santander to attend the match.
Thus, he has indicated that they settled controls in the main accesses of the cityin the S-10, the S-20 and the national N-623 and N-611, to control the fans, “many of them ultras, who came from Malaga and from some other fans of other teams who joined they”.
“Both these ultra fans and those of Racing had summoned each other through networks to hit each other, something that they knew in the National Police thanks to the work of the information services, which has allowed the police units to act quickly”, said the delegate . In this regard, she has pointed out that “both groups of radical fans, those who came from abroad as well as those from Racing itself, had met to fight“.
“They have gathered in the Piquo area but in less than a minute the National Police has neutralized the situation, with the immediate presence of Police Intervention and Prevention and Reaction units, the UIP and UPR, as well as Citizen Security and of the Provincial Information Brigade”, he assessed.
Quiones has reiterated that “this is not representative of football or sports, but violent situations caused by radical groups both from outside and from our own city.” In addition, he criticized that “these radical Racing fans are tarnishing the image of their club this year, which has been promoted to the Second Division.”
“The Racing fans lived a few months ago with pride and hope the rise of the team to the Second Division, and I think that the last thing they wanted and expected was that a few violent people would tarnish the image of the club and the values of the sport”, he added.
The Government delegate has warned that, “given that it is the second time that we have to see unfortunate images caused by radical Racing fans together with others with whom they meet to attack each other, I have ordered that controls be intensified at all levels every every time he has played, not only during the day but also at the entrances to the stadium”.
“I know that this will harm all the fans but we have to put an end to the image that these violent people cause and, for them, everyone’s collaboration is necessary,” he said, and has advanced that this week he will maintain a meeting with representatives of the Real Racing Club, the Association of Racing Clubs and the National Police to “end this as soon as possible” and avoid a possible future “misfortune”.
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