The Argentinian fans beaten by the Mexicans speak out during the match in Qatar: “They went to look for us”

Argentina versus Mexico. Fundamental match for Lionel Scaloni’s team at the World Cup in Qatar. Everything was in place to make it a great show at Lusail Stadium. However, what should have been an exciting day turned out to be a pain for the Argentines Federico and Luis Aguirre.

And not one of those that football sometimes generates: they were violently beaten by a group of Mexican fans present on the field. And they were virtually too held for several hoursSt.

Barely 20 minutes had passed since the ball started rolling down the field. That was the time it took for Aguirre’s albiceleste jerseys be dyed red by the blood of his wounds.

Is that the tension between the fans came from before the match. And when the game finally got underway and both teams needed the points that were already up for grabs, the chicanes turned into aggression that quickly escalated into violence.

“It’s my fourth World Cup, I always watch the matches and try to enjoy the show. We were calm, there were about 20 minutes in the first half. You encourage the national team without offensive songs,” he said. to Clarin Luis Aguirre his version on how the attack on him and his son started.

He added: “Suddenly 4 or 5 Mexicans seem to scoldinsulting us, saying ‘shit Argentines, who are they going to hit?’ They pushed my son Frederick from behind.

Then the blows started which caused sharp wounds to the faces of both, which they had to be assisted by nurses who performed wound care in the area of ​​the nose, eyebrows and head. Pictures of the fight went viral.

“First they took me to the infirmary to get medications and then it took about 5 hours without phones. We had to make statements and then we had to do a video call with the Qatari prosecutor“He told the victim about the procedure he had to go through after the fight.

In this sense, Aguirre noted that at all times they were accompanied by people from the Argentine embassy, ​​the Ministry of Security and the Federal Police. “Everything is finished past 4.30 in the morning“he counted.

He also insisted that neither he nor his son had “anything to do” with initiating the confrontation.

“No way did we initiate the problemBesides, we were in our position. I went to FIFA to request videos of the stadium so that it can be determined and seen they went looking for us to us,” says the Aguirres’ father, in both voices.

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