an altercation between cops and players from Peru team It took place tonight in Madrid, Spain, at the entrance to the hotel where the South Americans are, who on Tuesday will play a friendly match once morest Morocco in the Spanish capital, who beat Brazil on Saturday.
The so-called banderazo ended in a group fight between security agents and Peruvian players. It all happened when the footballers were going to enter the concentration hotel, where there were a large number of fans cheering on their own.
The General Consulate of Peru in Madrid and our Embassy in Spain are assisting the members of the Peruvian soccer team following the incident that occurred today, prior to the match that will be held tomorrow with its counterpart from Morocco.
– Chancellery Peru ???????? (@CancilleriaPeru) March 27, 2023
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One of the police officers, according to witnesses, confused the Peruvian national team, Yoshimar Yotún, with a fan and gave him a push to make him go back. That action bothered Yotún himself who responded in the same way. Faced with this situation, both players and policemen engaged in a series of attacks, physical and verbal, in the face of the noise of fans upset by what was happening with their representatives.
A series of videos circulates on social networks of the embarrassing moment and in which screams are heard assuring that the attacked were players of the Peruvian soccer team.
At the end of the altercation, several Peruvian soccer players were arrested and taken to a police station to testify. Is regarding Yoshimar Yotún, Pedro Gallese, José Carvallo and Álex Valera.
At the moment it is unknown what the real situation of the footballers is. A statement from the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) is expected.
This happened in Madrid ‼️
Four players from the Peruvian National Team ???????? were arrested by the Local Police
Pedro Gallese, José Carvallo, Yoshimar Yotún and Alex Valera, those involved
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— Luis Omar Tapia (@LuisOmarTapia) March 27, 2023
*News in development.
