May 2 – Chile’s president Gabriel Boric has intervened after the local derby between Universidad de Chile and Universidad Catolica was abandoned on Sunday due to fan disorder.
The country’s National Professional Football Association (ANFP) said they will reschedule the match behind closed doors and request a meeting with Boric to work against violence.
“We will not let a small group of delinquents take over the stadiums at the expense of the great majority who come to watch a show in peace and joy,” Boric, who is a Universidad Catolica supporter, said on Twitter.
“We join the words of the President of the Republic, so that those responsible for these events receive the full weight of the law, requesting his support to combat these acts of violence, which escape the normal regulations… and require the work of all sectors,” the ANFP added.
Lack of control by police and clubs has turned stadiums into hostile territory in Chilean football including last year’s Copa Libertadores matches.
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