the struggle between Gymnastics La Plata and Boca had to be sent off 9 minutes into the first half because incidents near the stadium of Wolf. More than half an hour later, the Professional League confirmed that the referee Hernan Mastrangelo permanently suspended the meeting “due to lack of guarantees”.

The acts of violence caused the security forces to use tear gas and their smoke reached the stadium, thus affecting not only the thousands of people who occupied the stands but also the football players of both teams, who had to go to the locker room.

Sergio BerniMinister of Security of the Province of Buenos Aires, confirmed in statements on the TN channel the death of a 57-year-old man. His name was Cesar Regeiroknown in La Plata as “Lolo” and formerly a footballer with the Villa San Carlos club, and died on the way to San Martin Hospital after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest.

What happened and why was Gimnasia LP vs. Gimnasia suspended? Mouth?

The match between Gymnasium and Boca has been called off.#LPFxTNTSports pic.twitter.com/vcrmFl0uUK

– TNT Sports Argentina (@TNTSportsAR) October 7, 2022

With an absolutely packed stadium, the initial information shows it the stadium gates were closed because the capacity was filled, which it released public outrage which was left out (in many cases with tickets, in which case there is talk of a overbooked tickets), who also had to suffer violent reactions and mistreatment by the Police. Thus, there were clashes with the members of the force and there was repression by the troops with rubber bullets and tear gas. The explosions continued for more than 40 minutes.

The effects of such gases began to affect even the players. As soon as they retired to the dressing rooms, the crowd, eager to leave, stormed the exits, which led to few even entering the pitch.

Here is a rubber bullet wound. pic.twitter.com/Dsik7uvNTe

– Leandro Aguilera (@Tato_Aguilera) October 7, 2022

red framesat the time of departure he threw water on the fans of the local team in the stands to wash their eyes. rock german he did the same.

WONDERFUL gesture by Marcos Rojo: he handed out bottles of water in the stands. pic.twitter.com/B3kYV8fiTn

— SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) October 7, 2022