They arrested the Rosario Central fan who had thrown a stone at the Peñarol footballer in the Gigante de Arroyito

The Police of the province of Santa Fe He arrested the Rosario Central supporter this Saturday who would have thrown the stone that injured the Peñarol footballer Maximiliano Olivera after the end of the match that both teams played 16 days ago at the Gigante de Arroyito for the first date of group G of the Copa Libertadores.

The news was confirmed by the Rosario club through a statement published on its website. “This occurred by virtue of the complaint that our institution promptly made to the corresponding Prosecutor’s Office as soon as the publicly known events occurred.”highlighted the leadership of the scoundrel.

The arrest of the sympathizer (a man of approximately 50 years old) took place during a raid ordered by the prosecutor Fernando Dalmauwho is in charge of the investigation of the events that occurred on April 4 at the Gigante de Arroyito before, during and after the match that Central won 1 to 0 with a goal from Carlos Quintana.

The auriazul fan was identified thanks to the review of film material generated by the video surveillance cameras of the stadium, which was made available to the Public Prosecutor’s Office by the Central leadership, and the verification of his membership number, which was achieved because it had been registered in the entrance turnstile that he had passed through. .

During the operation that was carried out at the home of the arrested fan, evidentiary material of interest to the case was seized, among other things the clothing that the man was wearing at the time he threw the stone at the Giant.

These elements will be important for the imputation hearing to which the supporter will be subjected next week. There he will be accused of having committed two crimes: public intimidation, which carries a penalty of between two and six years in prison, and minor injuries (between one month and one year in prison).

“During this time our institution was carrying out tireless work in the production and collection of evidence with all its task teams providing elements and actively collaborating with the Prosecutor’s Office in the identification of the aggressors and offenders”, Rosario Central valued in its statementin which he announced that the club’s Disciplinary Court will apply sanctions if the person or persons responsible for the incidents are members.

In parallel with the criminal investigation carried out by the Santa Fe Public Prosecutor’s Office, The South American Football Confederation opened a disciplinary file to evaluate what happened that day at Gigante de Arroyito and, eventually, apply sanctions.

Although before the initial whistle of the Colombian referee Wilmar Roldán incidents had already been recorded between both parties (the Peñarol fans had thrown thunder bombs towards a sector where there was a local audience and the Central fans had responded by throwing metal fences from the upper tray), the most serious event occurred after the end of the match.

When the Peñarol footballers approached the stands where their supporters were to greet them, a stone that came from one of the Gigante’s stalls hit the face of Maximiliano Olivera, who suffered a cut. The footballer, with a bloody face, returned to the visiting locker room, where he fainted. He was then transferred to a sanatorium, where the wound was stitched.