“It was a tough ordeal”: Newell fans’ brutal attack on journalism student

Newell’s AND Saint Lawrence They drew 2-2 on the 8th of the Professional League Cupin a match where the result was anecdotal. The fact is that the first half was played when a paraglider flew overhead by Marcelo Bielsa with a flag who charged the legend of Leprosy fans”Son of Central.”

Furthermore, the man threw pieces of paper with accusations against the team. Independence Park. The situation has generated anger among fans of Newell’s They were at the stadium when they ended up getting caught by journalists commenting on the situation.

The bar erupted in the printing sector e attachedabove all, to those who were at the desks. Fans in the beach area They beat up a journalism student who was following the match.

“The fans pointed at me because I didn’t have a Newell’s shirt. In college they taught me to be positional. I was doing my job”expressed Mauro, on Cadena 3 in Rosario.

He tried to convince his attackers by telling them he was from Newell’s, but they continued to hit him anyway. “They broke my lip and hit me from all sides. It was an ordeal. I thought about my family”said the journalism student.

It was the first time that would have covered the Leprosy at his stage. What should have been an ideal night for him turned into a nightmare. because of the same old men who make Argentine football more and more unsafe.

On his social media Mauro said it among several fans They entered the press area and took him out. stop, don’t just hit him, but also to steal your work items. He also explained that he had never made a gesture against the people of Newell’s.

“This fact takes me away from my passion and from the place I always loved as a child and I hope that one day this madness will end and we can live in peace in this football which has become a center of violence”he wrote.

Some leprous fans They tried to follow the path of the man on the paraglider to try to intercept him. outside the stadium there was running and explosions were heard.

The meeting is over The police stopped a truck in Granadero Baigorriaa few kilometers from the city of Rosario, which he was carrying a paraglider, flag AND the posters on charges at Newell’s. The suspects were arrested.