Boca Juniors v River Plate stopped at half time

tapfit2004

The match has been held up at the start of the second half as 4 River players have been sprayed with pepper spray as they were coming out of the tunnel for the second half.

The president of River Plate came onto the pitch and wanted his players to leave the field but they are still out there.

River edged the first half. There's orange marks on some of the River Plate players jerseys and some have red rashes on their chests and backs. Mad stuff.

Live on Setanta Ireland for anyone still up.

DVDM93

I'm up if you want the company but I don't have Setanta Ireland

tapfit2004

They just showed a boca fan spraying something into the inflatable tunnel as the River Plate players were coming out for the second half. A good few other fans are watching him with their jerseys up around their faces.

Will Downing says that Boca could be thrown out of the competition after this.

You might get it on a stream if you want to see it.

tapfit2004

Looks like the match might be abandoned. Here's a video of the fan spraying something into the inflatable tunnel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctqKa0IrK7M

Fenix

Officially abandoned. Amazing scenes. Be shocked if there isn't more trouble from the crowd now.

tapfit2004

Match is abandoned. River Plate will probably go through as they are 1-0 up on aggregate. Ref wanted to play the second half but it didn't happen after they asked the doctors.

The two managers were international team mates with Argentina.

It's finished for tonight.

MisterAnarchy

Crazy scenes allright

Also in Argentina ,Emanuel Ortega, a 21-year-old Argentine soccer player, died on Thursday of injuries he suffered during a match last month when he fell into a concrete wall located just feet from the playing field.
Argentina’s soccer federation (AFA), which called Ortega’s death a “tragedy,” put out a statement Thursday afternoon, announcing the suspension of all play this weekend to honor Ortega

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2015/05/14/soccer-player-dies-in-argentina-after-fracturing-head-on-concrete-wall-during-match/

Jelle1880

Just mental.

Also a drone with the ghost of B on it, Boca fans will never let River fans forget :pac:

http://gfycat.com/IndolentTepidBear

tapfit2004

That's enough of that......Goodnight Sisters!

dfx-

They might have to extend the ban on fans in this fixture to the home team too now. Boca players lining up as if the second half would go ahead when they knew what happened.

LuckyLloyd

Was this in the Copa Libetadoras?

dreamers75

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Was this in the Copa Libetadoras?

KO round I believe.

Harry Palmr

Football really is in a bad state in so many countries -

Turkey is now a war zone. http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/may/13/violence-killing-turkish-football-fenerbahce-besiktas-galatasaray

I fully expect a few stories from the "nordic" summer leagues.

Italy is ongoing,

France has its moments - such as http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/15/nice-claude-puel-attacked-supporters-training

patmac

Pathetic, the fan should be charged with assault, obviously these ultras are still running these clubs.

Jelle1880

Turns out he already had a banning order at Boca from a while ago, he should never have been allowed there.

Jelle1880

River have been awarded a 3-0 win, Boca are therefore thrown out and La Bombonera will not be allowed to host international games (So Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana) for 2 years.

I can see the latter be overturned though.