Independiente published on his social networks a concise message after his disqualification of the South American Cup was announced, due to the serious incidents that occurred before the University of Chile.
This Thursday night, the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) communicated the ruling on the serious acts of violence in the party between Independent and Universidad de Chilelast Wednesday, August 20, for the second round of the round of 16 South American Cup.
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The South American football regulatory entity determined that Independent is disqualified from the competitionin addition to seven games behind closed doors in international tournaments and the same amount without being able to carry public as a visitor.


The first reaction from Independent It was a striking publication in social networks. “Football lost, the violent won”was the message with a photo of a blood stained jacket next to the “red” shield. A post that made noise and quickly went viral.
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In the comments, the Chilean fans celebrated the classification and those of Independent They requested the resignation of their leaders and a call to early elections.
Néstor GrindettiPresident of Independent, He considered that the Argentine club should be the one who had to go to the quarterfinals to face Lima Alliance and the Chileans had to be eliminated from the competition. If not being able to get the maximum, in the “red” they intended at least that the party will continue in a neutral place. However, they were finally disqualified.
The leadership of Independent It does not rule out appealing in CONMEBOL (or even go to Tas). The intention would not be to appeal the sports, but the other sanctions on the presence of public in parties and economic fines. A meeting is expected with lawyers early this Friday to analyze the steps to follow.
Independent held a Universidad de Chile When considering that their fans began, a long time before the start of the match, to destroy the club’s facilities and threw different objects towards the supporters of the “red” that were below the Alta Pavoni and in one of the throats.
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