🎥 Chaos in the Copa Libertadores! Supporters set the stand on fire 😱 | OneFootball

Very sad scenes.

These are truly distressing images that Independiente Medellin supporters gave us on the night from Thursday to Friday.

As their club was hosting Flamengo on matchday four of the group stage, the supporters immediately plunged the match into a toxic atmosphere. 

Just as the match had barely begun, supporters of the Colombian club started throwing flares onto the pitch to protest the club’s recent results.

The incidents escalated even further when a small fire broke out in the stands and supporters then came down onto the pitch. Seats were also reportedly thrown at the police officers trying to intervene.

The match was therefore logically suspended after just a few minutes, before being definitively called off by the referee while the players had already returned to the dressing room.

After the match, Flamengo’s sporting director said he expected his team to be awarded the three points, while the home side could face very heavy sanctions from CONMEBOL.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.

📸 JAIME SALDARRIAGA - AFP or licensors