2023-06-30 01:04:50
After the victory of this Tuesday, where River Plate He qualified for the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores, bad news came for the Millionaire. It is that the Disciplinary Commission of the South American Confederation punished the club with a fine of 100 thousand dollars and the Partial closure of the Centenario Alta del Monumental tribune.
The measure was taken due to the infringement of article 15.2 of the entity’s Code, which is the referred to discrimination. The faults were committed by some fans on June 7, on the occasion of the match once morest Fluminense, which ended with a 2-0 victory for the team led by Martín Demichelis.
“EThe partial closure of the Grandstand will apply to 50% of the Centenario Alta, except for the sector for visiting fans. The club will inform Conmebol at least seven days before its next match of the operational plan for the execution of this measure, which must be approved by the Competitions and Operations Directorate”, reads the statement published on the organization’s official website. .
In addition, the Núñez club must display a flag with a slogan to condemn all forms of racism and discrimination.
As for the $100,000 penalty, the entity stressed that “The amount of this fine will be automatically debited from the amount to be received by the Conmebol club for Television or Sponsorship rights.”.
River will also have to set up the stadium’s giant screen and its social networks for campaigns once morest racism. The determination warns that “in case of reiterating any infraction to sports discipline of the same or similar nature (…), The Conmebol Disciplinary Commission may determine a new partial closure (including other sectors) or the total closure of the stadium for its next match as a local”.
It was not the only Argentine team sanctioned. Gimnasia La Plata also suffered a $100,000 fine for racist acts in the match once morest Independiente Santa Fe for the Copa Sudamericana, played on May 23 at El Bosque.
Conmebol sanctioned River for discrimination: what happened
fans of River they had received the buses from the Fluminense squad with racist gestures. The reprehensible episode occurred in the preview of the game.
In the video that the journalist Luciano García published on his Twitter account, it was possible to warn a group of fans that, upon seeing the vehicles, they started yelling “monkeys!” and make gestures as if they were those animals.
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