New Tragedy In Argentine Soccer Stadium

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Argentine football has been mourning and reflecting after the endless violence in the stadium stands added a new tragedy.

Emanuel Ezequiel Balbo died on Monday at the age of 26 after he fell from one of the stands of the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium in Córdoba, where a game of great rivalry between Talleres and Belgrano was being played.

The stunning images of the tragedy show how a group of fans chase after Balbo after beating him up, while the people around them do absolutely nothing to defend him.

According to the Clarín newspaper, the boy was transferred to the hospital, where he was diagnosed as suffering from a head injury with cardiorespiratory arrest, in addition to several blows to the body, which led to his brain death.

The father of the deceased, Raúl Balbo, stated that the attack on his son did not originate in a lawsuit between a fanatic, but because in the stands he had run into Oscar Gómez, who four years ago would have been responsible for the death of his brother. in a traffic accident.

According to the father, recognizing Gómez in the stands, Balbo tried to confront him. The former's response was to shout - falsely - that Balbo was a Talleres fan, which motivated other spectators to join the aggression that ended in the young man's death.

The Argentine authorities indicated that they have already arrested several suspects in this crime, including Gómez, who turned himself in to the police yesterday.