The tension between fans of Rosario Central and those of Peñarol who arrived this Thursday at the Gigante de Arroyito stadium in Argentina felt in the prelude to the match on the first day of Group G of the Copa Libertadores and had an embarrassing ending with the brutal attack on the Uruguayan Maxi Oliveira.
The 32-year-old full-back was hit in the face, apparently by a stone thrown from the stands by a fan of the Argentine team shortly after the end of the match that the locals won 1-0.
Maxi Oliveira, after being hit.
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Oliveira was led by his teammates to the locker room with a bloody face, while they dodged other blunt objects.
Oliveira, according to press images, received a cut below his left eye, for which he was taken to a clinic in the Argentine city of Rosario.
After the match, which left Rosario Central at the top of the standings with the same three points as Atlético Mineiro, the Peñarol players approached the lower stand where the fans who had traveled from Montevideo were concentrated.
In the same sector, although in the upper gallery, the Central fans had dedicated themselves to harassing the Peñarol fans.
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