A few hours before Colombia plays the first game of the last double day of the qualifiers against Qatar, the tricolor’s environment is affected by the controversy that became relevant this Wednesday morning: FIFA sanctioned four sectors of the Metropolitan Stadium in Barranquilla.
As has been known, The punishment of the entity that governs world football to the tricolor has to do with the behavior that some fans had in the meeting between Colombia and Peru, on January 28, in Barranquilla. Back then, after the 0-1 loss of the national team, certain fans insulted and threw objects at some players.
Now when the news has taken flight, The Colombian Football Federation and Tuboleta (the administrator of the tickets for the matches) issued a joint statement on the measures they adopted after the sanction.
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the official answer
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As expressed by both entities, this is the number of seats blocked by location for the Colombia vs. Bolivia, this Thursday, at 6:30 pm, in Barranquilla.
North High: 195
Low North: 172
South high: 377
South Low: 327
Total: 1071
The relocations of the affected subscribers would have occurred in this way, according to what is read in the statement:
North High: 353
Low North: 61
South High: 117
South low: 6
Total: 1068
“Only 1,608 seats in the south and north stands will not be put up for sale and the affected season ticket holders have already been relocated.”the entities concluded.
According to Tuboleta, there are still tickets from all locations for this Thursday’s game.
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