Videos of serious incidents between Brazilian police and San Lorenzo fans during the match against Atlético Mineiro

This is how the Brazilian police repressed San Lorenzo fans at the Atlético Mineiro stadium

During the match between San Lorenzo y Atletico Mineiro at the stadium Arena MRV in Belo Horizontethe police intervention to control the Argentine team’s fans triggered a riot marked by tear gas bombs and the use of batons. The incident occurred approximately ten minutes before the end of the match, when Mineiro was leading the score by 1-0.

This result did not change until the end and ended up classifying the Brazilian team to the quarterfinals of the Libertadores Cup with a global 2-1 and despite the fact that the blue and red team showed a notable superiority both in this match and in the previous one played in Buenos Aires.

The incidents between the Brazilian police and San Lorenzo fans

The confrontation began when Brazilian security forces tried to disperse the fans of San Lorenzo installed in one of the corners of the stadium. As can be seen in the images, the agents used tear gas bombs y walking sticksprovoking a tumultuous reaction among the Argentine fans who tried to defend themselves and disperse from the scene.

This intervention It affected not only the fans, but also the players. of both teams, who were dizzy from the smoke.

Incidents between San Lorenzo fans and Brazilian police during the match against Atlético Mineiro in the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores

The normal development of the match was interrupted momentarily, but was resumed while the police surrounded the area of ​​the San Lorenzo supporters. After the disturbances, The fans remained motionless in a corner of the stadiumin an apparent sign of wanting to end the altercations.

This escalation of violence is not an isolated phenomenon in matches between Argentine and Brazilian teams, where clashes and excessive police interventions have been recurrent.

San Lorenzo was eliminated from the 2024 Libertadores Cup in the round of 16. The only goal of the match was scored by Rodrigo Battlea footballer who recalled his past in Hurricane by miming “blowing up a balloon” at their celebration.

Despite dominating the match and creating multiple scoring opportunities, San Lorenzo was unable to convert any of them. The players Alexis Neck, Ivan Leguizamon y Matias Reali They had the chance to change the score, but once again their lack of aim was decisive in the result. In contrast, Atlético Mineiro took advantage of one of their few opportunities to make the difference.

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