Players and members of the coaching staff Perico workshops suffered this Sunday in Jujuy a savage aggression at the end of the match against Zapla Blast Furnacesfor him Torneo Regional Federal Amateur. First, fans of the rival team threw stones at them inside the locker room, where the police then entered and fired firearms.
“We were bathing and changing to leave, and Zapla fans came and They threw stones at us in the locker room. And the police repressed us to us,” said one of the Talleres players, as reflected on the website Jujuy at the moment.
It was inside the playing field of the Emilio Fabrizzi stadium in Palpalá, where his team, moments before, had been eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Northern Region after losing 2-1 and accumulating a 5-1 aggregate deficit.
Meters from his location was a young man with blue Talleres pantssitting on the steps leading to the locker room. He was between nervous and incredulous: on his back he could see at least a dozen impacts from rubber bullets.
“They shot us at point blank range”said one of the footballers whose voice is heard in a video. “They put the shotgun in our faces and shot us” confirmed another.
In the images that went viral on social networks, a struggle between players and police is seen, in what appears to be the entrance door to the locker room. The violence escalated quickly, with shovels and blows, until finally detonations were heard.
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Soccer players from Talleres de Perico reported that Altos Hornos Zapla fans threw stones at them in the locker room and that the Police, instead of defending them, repressed them.
He Workshop technician, Federico Acuñawas another of the shooting victims. “I was telling the police that I was putting people inside but that they should control those who were breaking the windows with stones, and When I turn around they shoot me. They are crazy”, he commented.
“The gray people didn’t care at all if they killed us or not. “In the face, at once, they threw us,” another footballer complained.
The release and warning of Talleres de Perico
The Perico club, in its networks, carried out a strong discharge. Firstly, he expressed his repudiation of the “mistreatment” received by his delegation, from “local fans of the Altos Hornos Zapla Club and the provincial police.”
Then he specified that The campus masseuse, Sebastián Cuevas, was hospitalized under observation towards this Sunday night, due to the injuries suffered.
In parallel, Talleres pointed out that the players and remaining members of the coaching staff who suffered from the actions of the police agents received medical assistance and then retired to their respective homes.
Finally, he warned that he will soon issue “a statement with details of everything that happened and audiovisual evidence.”
The Regional Federal Amateur Tournament is a competition organized by the Federal Council of the AFA and which awards four places for Federal A.