Atlético de Madrid continues its work to identify those involved in throwing objects onto the turf during the football derby against Real Madrid last Sunday, which took place at the Metropolitan Stadium and has located two other ultras of the south zone, closed for the next three matches. .
According to the Madrid club in a press release, its security service, in collaboration with the police, managed to identify two other people who participated in the altercations which caused the match to be suspended for 10 minutes.
Atlético confirms that both are members of the club and that they will be permanently expelled, as has already happened with the first person involved, identified on Sunday evening after the First Division match.
The internal investigation aimed at identifying other participants in the throwing of objects, including bottles and lighters, as reflected in the arbitration report, will continue its course and the club has announced that it will permanently expel any other members identified as a participant in this type of behavior and incidents.
“Atlético de Madrid reiterates its condemnation of these unjustifiable acts, which have seriously damaged the image of the club,” reads the press release, in which the sports club wants to reaffirm its policy of “zero tolerance against violence ” and warns that it will continue to pursue “any manifestation of this nature” and apply the sanctions provided for in its internal disciplinary code.
This Wednesday, the Madrid football club managed to avoid the total closure of its stadium, although it will be forced to close part of the southern end after several supporters of the red and white team threw objects at Real Madrid’s Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtuois, provoking the match. The referee had to suspend play for several minutes.
“In the match report, referee Mateo Busquets Ferrer reflects the temporary suspension of the match, in the 64th minute, when the throwing object protocol was applied and prior suspension warnings were issued by the sound system up to two times,” explained the Royal Española de Fútbol Federation in a press release, in which it specifies that the club will also be exposed to a fine of 45,000 euros.
The referee had to suspend the match between the two main clubs of the capital for 10 minutes after three warnings issued over the public address system due to the successive throwing of different objects from the south end of the stadium, where the members of the team were located. team. are usually located the ultra Frente Atlético group, including lighters and bottles, coinciding with the Real Madrid goal.
