Security plan for Unión's Copa tie and Colón in Primera Nacional | OneFootball

Fernando Peverengo provided details on how the security operations will be carried out both for the Copa Argentina match that Unión will play in Rosario against Independiente tomorrow starting at 8 p.m., and for the match Colón will have to play at home against Mitre de Santiago del Estero next Sunday at 6 p.m.

Unión, which is playing in the Copa Argentina, as you rightly say, against Independiente at Newell’s stadium. It is an operation that has already been thought out, it is planned. Yesterday we had a good test related to the Copa Argentina.

It will be an operation similar to the one carried out yesterday, now thinking about Unión. Unión will be assigned the north section of the stadium. In other words, the two terraces were assigned, one for each club.

One, the north, for Unión. The south, for Independiente. It has to do with the distribution of space and where the supporters will also be arriving from.

Although both terraces have a total authorized capacity of 12,000 people, we understand that the organizers have released fewer tickets for sale. But it should also be clarified that tomorrow, up until match time, tickets will be sold locally. And as I was saying, Unión will fill the North Terrace, and Unión supporters as well.

In this case, they will also fill the assigned seating section. Unlike the last match, which was against Precuario, Unión will enter through Gate 5 and will be in the Tata Martino stand, which is the west stand. That is what specifically concerns Unión.

COLÓN VS MITRE 

And the second match, which above all concerns us here in Santa Fe, is Colón, where we did have to make a modification, or really a proposal from the mass events department. There was some concern because we noticed that a huge number of people had been entering the South Terrace.

We had an operation planned, and in the last match an unusual situation arose, at least for us based on the numbers we had been handling, where the South Terrace had more people than the North Terrace. And the bulk of the operation had always been deployed in the north section. So we are not going to weaken the north section because we understand it is working well, but obviously the South Terrace entry will be modified.

How will it be modified? Entry will be broader. People will enter through the same gate, through the auxiliary field. Instead of there being four checkpoints, there will be ten checkpoints staffed by UTEDYC personnel.

And in addition, once they pass the checkpoints, they will be closer to the gate leading to the playing field of the auxiliary field. Once they pass the checkpoints, both doors will already be open. People will now be able to enter through Gate 6 and Gate 7. But before that, as I said, there will be a containment area, and there will be, as in every stadium, a pat-down, because that is part of security, and then validation with the membership card so they can enter the stadium.

There is a redistribution, that is what we are trying to say, because the operation itself remains the same; what is being reformulated, and where there will be more people, is UTEDYC staff, because it has to do with a greater number of entry checks. Where previously there were four turnstiles, there will now be ten. We understand that with that, entry through Gate 6 should become smoother and more normal, as I was saying, and with Gate 6 and Gate 7 enabled through an internal sector, we believe it will be a necessary and fair measure.

The club tells us that in recent times, every time there is a new member, they are automatically assigned to the South Terrace. In other words, a new member as a terrace supporter, right? We understand that, obviously, this was a situation that needed to be reviewed and reconsidered, because, as I was saying, the hard, concrete fact is that in the last match we had more entries, the South Terrace had more people than the North. We had been more focused on the North.

So that is why, as always, it is about looking, rethinking, and it is also true that in the last match people were still entering 40 minutes into the first half. So it is something to look at and think about, but also for the fans, stadiums always open two hours in advance. So if people go a little earlier, that will always help.

UNIÓN VS INDEPENDIENTE

The truth is that tickets went on sale today, but the expectation from the organizers is that, as I understand it, they released 3,000 terrace tickets for Unión, 6,000 for Independiente, and 1,500 and 1,000. That is the expectation they have; they are the ones handling that. In the last match, Unión played as the away side, it was a different stage, a different rival, surely a different atmosphere. Practically, if I’m not mistaken, 2,300 to 2,400 people traveled from Santa Fe. We understand that more people may go, but obviously that would be stretching an estimate where there is no concrete data.

We enabled, as I was saying when we started the interview, both terraces, one for each side: the North for Unión, the South for Independiente. Together, the terraces hold a total of 12,000 people.

Tickets will be sold on the day at the stadium. What we did ask of the organizers, as we always do, is that tickets be sold on match day at the stadium up until kickoff time. So I understand that if more people show up, they will easily be able to buy them. They will be able to buy them. That is the expectation the private company has.

Sure. The rival changes, the stage changes, and then there will be greater expectations. The truth is I wouldn’t know how to tell you why they released that number of tickets for sale. What I can explain is why we organized the operation the way we did and which areas we enabled.

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