After the Superclásico incident, paper confetti banned in CABA | OneFootball

The Football Security Committee decided that confetti will no longer be allowed due to a fire that broke out at the Más Monumental.

Following the welcome display put on by River in Sunday’s Superclásico against Boca at the Más Monumental Stadium, the Argentine football security authorities decided to ban the use of confetti when the teams come out onto the pitch.

This ban, implemented by the Football Security Committee, applies only to the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, and the measure was adopted on a “preventive basis and with immediate effect.” It was also approved by all parties at the meeting held on Wednesday morning.

The reasoning behind this decision is related to what happened before the River-Boca match, as one of the seats in the Upper Centenario Stand at the Más Monumental Stadium caught a small fire after one of the pieces of confetti ignited.

To inform clubs of this decision, the Football Security Committee sent a letter stating that “even though the home club had previously approved contingency protocols and the appropriate resources for their implementation, an incident occurred that clearly demonstrates the potential ignition risk these materials pose in contexts of large crowd concentrations.”

Accordingly, for “strict reasons of public safety,” the Football Security Committee determined “the prohibition of the use of shredded paper as a celebratory element in terraces, seating areas, and all other sections intended for attending spectators, in all stadiums located in the City.”

In addition, to conclude the letter, they added that “authorizations will no longer be granted for celebratory actions involving the use of the aforementioned elements,” meaning they may no longer be used in any stadium in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

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