Merelas’ attack on journalists who support El Porvenir.
El Porvenir is going through a great football and institutional crisis in Prima C: he has only won one of the six duels played at the Clausura and is in 16th place in the standings. His sixth defeat came this Sunday, after falling 2-0 against Argentino de Merlo, leader of the category. However, the setback was left in the background. Before the meeting, the president of El Porvenir, Enrique Merelas, attacked a press officer of a party media and attracted all eyes.
Before the start of the match, Mundo Porvenir reporters were previewing in one of the broadcasting booths of the Juan Carlos Brieva stadium, home of the Argentino de Merlo. But at some point, Merelas He cut off the coverage and started verbally attacking one of the reporters who was conducting the show.
Enrique Merelas, president of El Porvenir for 40 years.
“Why are there people being expelled from the club?” the reporter asked Merelas. And in that moment, the president of El Porve tried to remove and break his microphone while continuing to insult him (he also accused the journalist of “drug dealing”).
Those around called a police officer who was in the stadium, who approached to try to separate them both from the fight. After the dispute, some neighbors of Merelas continued with the attack by spitting at the stand and threatening journalists.
The video of the attack
Source: Clarin
