Colón sanction confirmed: two matches, no drums or flags in north end | OneFootball

The Director of Security at Mass Events, Fernando Peverengo, confirmed that for Colón’s next two home matches, flags and drums will be banned from the north terrace.

The entry of flags caught our attention, and the message from this ministry is very clear. The truth is that we are not going to negotiate with any kind of violent individuals or with anyone. We are very clear on this, and the measures are already underway. Colón will have a restriction specifically aimed at those who put up that flag.

We are also reviewing and rethinking the operation. We are convinced that flag did not come in through Gate 1, through the terrace section, because there are searches there. We were checking cameras, and the truth is that it may have come in through the east side, and then ended up being thrown from top to bottom, as is also customary, as well as the sharing of flags with the north box section, where flags are also hung.

The truth is that we are looking into how they brought it in, but the message is going to be very clear. There are measures we are going to take starting this very Sunday, when Colón plays at home. In the north section, upper and lower, there will be no kind of flag, instrument, banner strip, umbrella—there will be absolutely nothing.

The message is very clear. For two matches, and there will also be an end to a certain kind of benefit that had been worked out with the club, especially where new members, some new members who entered and had access to the south section, were going to the north section, authorized by a phone that allowed them entry to the north terrace.

At Colón, the truth is that in the previous match there was already unrest within the same section of the usual people, and it is something we have been working on. There was also an incident last weekend at the President’s Casa del Comercio. The truth is that we are staying well on top of this, we are not letting our guard down, and we are watching.

That said, what happened to us—an intimidating flag—the response from the Ministry of Security is immediate. For now, that is the first measure, purely because it is a flag, in line with the approach we have been taking.

What we also understand is that this is what hurts most those who stand behind the crush barrier. In other words, the ordinary fan is not really bothered whether there is a drum or not, or whether there is a flag or not.

What the ordinary fan cares about is going to watch the football match, really. And I think it is a clear message to them: we are not going to allow any kind of extortion.

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