"Palogrande Stadium Chaos: Riots and Clashes in Manizales Football Game"

2023-04-19 02:17:42

Photos | Luis Fernando Trejos and David Muñoz THE MOTHERLAND

Outside the stadium there were clashes between the Public Force and the fans, which caused several havoc.

THE COUNTRY | MANIZALES

Emotions won the Holocaust North bar, which faced the partial defeat of Once Caldas 2 by 1 against Alianza Petrolera (see box: The game: football took a backseat) invaded the field of the Palogrande stadium, forcing the suspension of the game, which at around 7:45 pm this Tuesday was about to end.

A few minutes before the end of the match, the audience began to chant “we can’t take it anymore” and, after the fans from the north stand entered the field, dozens of fans from other locations in the stadium did the same.

Police officers had to enter the sports scene to control the situation.

Outside the Palogrande riots also broke out. The protesters, upset by the poor performance of the white team, which is last in the standings and is on the brink of relegation to the second division of Colombian Professional Soccer, went out into the street to block traffic and clashed with the Police , Carabineros and Esmad personnel, on Paralela avenue.

This is how one of the police vehicles remained, parked outside the north stand of the Palogrande. With blows and throwing objects at him, they managed to break his windows.

According to the Manizales Mayor’s Office, which held a Unified Command Post after the events, this was the balance of the situation:

200 uniformed Police attended the day at the beginning. They were joined by another 70 members of the public force.
In the vandalism, screens and a media camera were damaged.
20 people from logistics were injured, as well as 4 fans and 4 policemen; all these people are out of danger. Additionally, 2 police horses were left with minimal lacerations, a patrol car was vandalized and a motorcycle was incinerated.
In the external part of the Palogrande stadium, it was possible to dissuade the violent from the surroundings of the sports arena. There were small disturbances in different parts of the city, which are already controlled.
The competent authorities are advancing in the investigations to give way to the respective prosecutions.

The game: football took a backseat

Once Caldas lost 1-2 to Alianza Petrolera at the close of date 14. The impatience of the public did not wait to see the team losing again.

At the beginning there was euphoria with the enthusiasm with which the fans arrived to see Blanco win, even Dayro Moreno had a clear option before 10 minutes with a cross shot that José Luis Chunga took.

But the mood quickly dropped because Alianza went ahead on the scoreboard and silenced Palogrande. Dannovi Quiñones tried to play out, Efraín Navarro took the ball from him, advanced a few meters and took a right hand that went into the corner and left goalkeeper Éder Chaux with no option, who reappeared after his injury.

And at 17 the second came, overflowing on the right, center and own goal by Marlon Piedrahíta.

From there the atmosphere changed, whistles, insults, chants and reproaches came down from the stands for the players who nevertheless sought the discount with more enthusiasm than football.

At the start of the second half, Eleven scored with a cross from Sherman Cárdenas and a score from Fainer Torijano.

Although he tried, he could not tie and a few minutes after the end of regulation time the fans got involved and ended the game due to lack of guarantees. The riots spread to the outskirts of the Palogrande stadium.

Now Once Caldas will wait for the penalty imposed by Dimayor.

Check out the timeline here:

These are the templates with which Once Caldas (@Once Caldas) and Alianza Petrolera (@APetrolera) will jump onto the Palogrande field at 6:00 pm

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