Incidents in Indonesia, in which at least 125 people have been killed and 323 injured to date, due to a stampede at a football stadium where fans urgently sought an exit to avoid exposure to tear gas that had been thrown on the grass and stands, have caused positioning this event as second worst in football history and the first place of those presented this year 2022.
This fact, which the world of football mourned, made us remember 4 tragedies that have marred the sport in recent months, and here we list them.
The first arrived on January 25, where 8 people were killed and 38 were injured in an avalanche of fans at the entrance to the Olembe stadium in Yaounde (Cameroon)before the start of the Africa Cup 1/8 final match between Cameroon and Comoros.
Second It was in Mexico on March 5 when 26 people were injured in a fight and subsequent riot between fans of Queretaro and Atlas de Guadalajara, when the match between them was played at the stadium of Corregidor. The match was abandoned in the 62nd minute when the field was invaded by spectators fleeing a fight in the stands.
Third It was March 6 in Brazil, where social media caused a brawl between fifty fans of Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro, the two most important clubs in Belo Horizonte, ended with one dead from a gunshot wound and one injured in the Mineirao stadium areaa few hours before the match between them.
Fourth Just last week, on September 30th, in Santiago de Chile, part of the roof of the Colo Colo Monumental Stadium collapsed during a public training session ahead of a classical match against the Catholic University, during which at least 9 injuries were reported. and several of them with fractures.
Fifthand more recently it arose a day later, at the end of a meeting between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabayain the city of Kanjuruhan in Indonesia, where the fans took to the field, and the police tried to disperse them with tear gas.
*According to EFE.
Source: La Opinion
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