Ministry of the Interior will mediate so that there are visiting fans in the final Santa Fe vs. Bucaramanga

“At the end of the game, as everyone saw, the field was invaded and the logistics people behaved badly and they attacked several of us from Santa Fe, the managers especially, they attacked us with pushes and grabbed us by the leg,” Méndez told him. to EL TIEMPO, a situation that led him to make the decision not to receive Bucaramanga fans in the second leg, on Saturday.

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“What if we are winning 1-0 and they take the field to harm us. Santa Fe is not going to take risks,” explained the manager.

The previous agreement established that in the first leg, one thousand Santa Fe fans would be allowed to enter Alfonso López and the same number of Bucaramanga fans would have access to El Campín. That, for now, is broken.

Now, the Ministry of the Interior is trying to mediate so that Santa Fe’s decision is reversed and Bucaramanga fans can access the last match of the 2024-I League.

“On Tuesday, June 11, together with the entities that make up the local soccer commission of Bogotá, we will review in detail aspects for the match that will be played at the El Campín stadium and we will establish the pertinent agreements within the framework of human security and coexistence”, Mininterior announced on his X account.

“Football is passion, dedication, family, it is a team and UNION. We invite all actors in the football ecosystem so that the final that will be played next Saturday between @SantaFe vs. @ABucaramanga, takes place in an atmosphere of respect, joy and peace,” he added in another post.
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Earlier, this Sunday, the mayor of Bucaramanga, Jaime Andrés Beltrán, asked his Bogotá counterpart, Carlos Fernando Galán, for help so that Santa Fe reconsiders the decision.

“There were agreements agreed on the reciprocity of visiting fans that cannot be ignored. In Bucaramanga we believe that football should be lived in peace and with both fans cheering, that is why we gladly received more than 1,000 followers from Santa Fe, guaranteeing their safety from entering to leaving the city, with cordiality and respect.” Beltran wrote.