The Bombonera and the Monumentale, under the magnifying glass of Justice

These are times of protagonism in the stadiums of the biggest Argentine clubs. Either for the works that are missing in one or for those that were done in the other. The truth is that there is a common denominator: justice has put Boca and River under the magnifying glass.

About Bocca and the Bombonerathe Judicial Investigative Corps of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (CIJ) together with the Government Control Agency and the experts involved in the latest technical report presented themselves at the stadium on Monday to make a tour, determine how to proceed with the pending security issues and establish revoke or not the closure of a part of the South Superior Tribune.

The measure, adopted on Saturday 4 of this month, as a preventive measure in the face of potential safety risks in order to carry out the corresponding technical studies, had left Boca with 5,000 seats short at the stadium in the match against Central Córdoba in Santiago del Estero.

Monday’s inspection was to be carried out jointly between companies, control bodies and technicians of the A “adjust and issue this week so that attendees can calm down and be in the upper south grandstand”, as commented by the Mass Events Prosecutor’s Office, responsible for Dr. Celsa Ramírez. At the same time, The club has been asked to complete reports pending completion since October of last yearwhen notified.

The main problem, according to the same accusation, is that “to date there is no technical opinion that says there is no risk” and to lift the closure, the experts must confirm that the cracks in the stands have been repaired or pose no danger to the public.

Given this landscape, with the inspection carried out, the Public Prosecution will present a report to the court and there it will be determined whether the closure of the South Superior Stand is lifted or if it is maintained until it is able to receive fans again in that sector. .. Boca will host Platense on Sunday.

River’s case

For his part, River experienced a special and festive Sunday after the renovation of the Monument, which, once the first part of the new works was completed, It has a capacity of 83,198 peopleif the stadium was full, with that amount of people, in the match Martín Demichelis’ team beat Argentinos Juniors 2-1.

However, by the Prosecution of Mass Events believe that there were more people. For this he started a lawsuit for excess of public and omission of collections.

It is that he is also investigating what happened to the two fans who threw themselves off Sívori’s median stand. One of them had to be treated because he had passed out and was taken by ambulance to the Fernández hospital.

Then, Ramírez’s working group announced that it will investigate the role played by site security personnel and the police to determine whether there were indeed more spectators than allowed.

Anyway, For the moment, the Public Prosecutor’s Office has acted ex officio since River has not received any report. AND by the club believe that there is no risk of suspension either from the stadium or from any grandstand as they claim to have arguments to demonstrate that the capacity and related safety measures have been respected, albeit with the complications that the high temperatures in public transport and the new sector changes could have generated in logistics. Among these, the turnstiles were found and none scores more than the allowed number.