Independent and the U of Chile want to win the battle with unlikely arguments, but Conmebol never loses

It was crazy. It was barbarism. It was a miracle (that there were no dead). It is a battle; no longer in the stands, but in the offices. It is worth entering the details of the discharges presented both Independiente and Universidad de Chile to achieve the objective of qualifying in the desks. But before you can ask a question: who is in charge of Conmebol, given its responsibility? Who sanctions the entity that will sanction?

It was the delegate of Conmebol, the Paraguayan Michael Sánchez Alvarenga, who heard the request of the security managers to suspend the party already in the first half. Without decision -making power, Sánchez Alvarenga called his superiors, who They underestimated the situation And they replied that the game, which at that height had little of show, should continue. The same happened in the halftime. Without energúmenos there would have been no damage. Without damage there would have been no aggressions. Without aggressions there would be no wild answers. With firm decisions, everything else would have not happened.

A second question, more important: Who takes care of who should take care of us? The passage of the days and the writings presented contributed new data on the tragic night and the later days. The delegate wrote the following: “At the end of the first half, the security officers met with the head of the police operation, the inspector commissioner Javier Bibiano, who, before the repeated request to enter the police forces in the visiting tribune, responded negatively, arguing that he would cause a tragedy and that said action was discarded.” At that time the gallery had been depopulated from almost all security personnel: after turning off the fire that the Chilean fans have lit, The 30 private force troops heard of their boss to evacuate the area for fear that they were attacked. It should be remembered that they do not use weapons or shields. The area had become anyone’s land.

Days ago, a video transcended in which Independiente’s bars are seen leaving the visiting gallery among a group of police officers, which They neither stop them nor ask them anything. They lacked that they made the hall. The bars came from wanting to lynch the rival fans. So much so that six of the eight identified will be investigated (when they find them) by Homicide attempt.

In Chile, while the fans who were arrested denounced the Buenos Aires police. First, given the lack of evidence that led them to free them quickly, it was clear that They arrested the mistakes. On the other hand, they said they were mistreated and stolen at the police station. Empathy occurred in an unexpected area: a group of bars from other Argentine clubs.

The discharge of Independiente covers 35 pages. He repeats that the game was canceled at 23:34 on that Wednesday and that the bars broke into the visiting gallery at 23:40. They consider, then, that the aggressions of the Chilean fans were the reason that the meeting has been canceled. Consequently, They ask that the party be lost 3-0. His petition accepts “a fine of $ 50,000 and the closure of the south high gallery for two games.” They also propose an alternative in case the game resumes: that it is with 80% of the expenses by the Chilean club.

On more than one occasion, Independent accepts “the objective responsibility of the organizer”perhaps not to contradict the rules of Conmebol, which will decide the sanction. But he assures several times that there was no “negligence or guilt” and that no one had forced the club to establish a fence, or in any case a lung, that did not allow the visiting fans to look where the locals were. Beyond that, any football player would have to be in a position to anticipate that potential problem. Independent omitted the security of his people.

The discharge of the University of Chile focuses on the aggressions of their fans were a reaction to what they had suffered. They omit, of course, emphasize The damage of security cameras (For Independiente is a sign that it was “a preparatory act to guarantee anonymity and impunity”), the bathroom facilities, part of the concrete and everything they had close. They ask that the series be resolved with the result at the time of their cancellation. And to exemplify the hostile climate they found, they repair an incredible detail.

Days before the South American match, Independiente lost to Vélez in Liniers for the local tournament. Wrapped in a negative streak of results, his coach Julio Vaccari braided with a couple of journalists. He considered, Vaccari, that the positive points of his cycle are not valued. It is not time to judge whether the technician thinks sincerely or if he found a shortcut to not talk about defeat. The truth is that Vaccari Chicaneó about the following game: “Against the U you have to win because the results send in football. You have to cheat. I don’t know, put a goal with your hand, as it is. ” one way or the other It was used by the Chilean club lawyer to make believe that Independiente was willing to any tricks to qualify. Expected that those who make decisions differentiate the irony of literalness.

There is no great development in Independiente’s writing about the entry of “the 30 social maladjee.” Yes a relevant phrase: “Private security hired by the club had reported moments before this group moved outside the stadium to the visiting fans sector.” Again: Police continued to be afraid. It is not clear in the discharge of the U, and perhaps never what was left, why of such aggressions. On Tuesday, club lawyers will be presented at the sumptuous headquarters of Conmebol in Luque, the city adjacent to Asunción. Between Wednesday and Thursday the resolution will come out. It will be closed, thus, only part of the most unfortunate events that we remember in our stadiums.