The match that was to be played this Sunday at 7:30 p.m. between
Unión and Lanús
for the fourteenth date of the Professional League championship was suspended due to a lack of security guarantees for the occupants of a seating area of the 15 de Abril stadium, as a result of the landslide from a drainage gutter due to the strong winds that hit the city this afternoon and it was left hanging over those stands.
Only on Tuesday, May 2, will the LPF reschedule the meeting
.
"
It was an unusual wind and what came off was the gutter, which was not cut, it came off,
" said Germán Dipangracio, club leader and manager of the works. The security organizations, after waiting 20 minutes for some provisional solution, they decided that the match could not be played, "protecting the spectators.
"
.
The gutter detached one end and began to detach the whole thing.
We called the company, they came and did some work, but it's temporary.
It is a work that, with normal winds, is not worked“.
After learning the news,
the referee Fernando Espinoza decided to suspend the match, even without a dispute date
.
"We took half an hour to see if it could be solved. The problem is that if that piece that is tied is cut, the remaining strap is free and there is a lot of wind," explained Espinoza and added: "They did not give me the guarantees to play. Neither municipality, neither firefighters nor (ministry of) security. On top of that, the people from the construction site are not there."
"I don't think they didn't want to play
," commented Diego Braghieri, defender of Lanús.
And coach Frank Kudelka said that he understood the situation but called for reflection regarding the prevention that must be taken in Argentine stadiums so that these situations do not repeat themselves.
In addition, the coach was puzzled about the possible date of the dispute, since this Monday is May 1, Labor Day, and there is no sports competition, and next week he plays, on Thursday the 11th, Lanús plays for the Cup Argentina are Sol de Mayo de Viedma.
Knowing the suspension, as the stadium was closed and the fans could not enter, there were protests due to the precariousness of the works but at the same time
repression by the security forces with rubber bullets that caused several injuries
.
There is anger in the Tatengue world because the team is not having a good football moment, it is last in the tournament with 8 points and its permanence in the First Division is at risk.
The broken glass of a truck, after the bullfights between the police and the fans. Photo: Juan José García