The final of the Correntina League between Mandiyú and Ferroviario on the Hurricane Corrientes court ended in scandal due to a pitched battle between players three minutes from the end of the game. The fight had everything: pineapples, flying kicks, projectiles launched from the public and invasion of the court by some fans to intercede in the contest.
Mandiyu he won the game 1-0 from 14 minutes into the first half due to a goal by Ariel Blanco and had one less player when the play that caused the subsequent unfortunate event occurred. At the end of the match, the Ferroviario players surrounded the referee Víctor Vallejos to claim him for an alleged uncollected penalty. The “Green Train” coach Osvaldo Chávez entered the field and even the goalkeeper crossed the entire field to join the protests.
The climate ended up heating up when his rivals from Mandiyú got into the discussion and there began the blows between soccer players in different parts of the playing field. The biggest fights took place near the fence where were the people from Ferroviario who filmed the scene up close. The images taken from the fans’ cell phones quickly went viral on social networks.
In the different videos you can see how while the voice of the stadium tried to calm the waters asking “please, boys, please”, from the stands shouts came down like “put him in, put him in”, that incited their players to continue with the fight.
The match was suspended by the referee who considered that there were no guarantees to continue. The champion of the Official Tournament was left vacant, pending the decision of the Court of Justice of the Correntina Football League. In addition, what happened should be analyzed to establish the sanctions for the players who were involved in these serious incidents.
From the account of Twitter from Mandiyú asked to be recognized as champions and pointed towards the players of Ferroviario as the culprits of starting the fight to tarnish the title of their rival.
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