10 years after the Superclassic of Pepper Gas, “The baker” spoke about the attack on River players

This Wednesday, May 14, 10 years of the Superclassic which ended in a historical embarrassment, the night of the pepper gasthe cowardly attack on the players of River For such an unexpected and unprecedented event, Mouth received the expulsion of the Copa Libertadores which would later end up winning just the “millionaire” in 2015.

The man who became famous that night was Adrián Napolitano. Yes, the “Baker”. The bar that threw pepper gas in the sleeve where the players of River To go out to play the second half of the game.

To the “Baker”, material author but not intellectual of the fact, the Justice He punished him with three years of community tasks and prohibition of entering stadiums for the same time. Meanwhile, The club took away the condition of a partner and never restored it.

The most affected players were Leonardo Ponzio, Ramiro Funes Mori, Sebastián Driussi, Leonel Vangioni, Gonzalo Martínez and Matías Kranevitterwith burns in the body and eyes, also aggravated by the immediate use of water.

This attack generated the famous run of Rodolfo d’Onofrio to the center of the playing field of the Bombonera, To face Rodolfo Arruabarrena and make clear the referee and the seer of CONMEBOL that in these conditions the game would not continue to be played. In turn, it also became a before and after in Argentine football, a folk event, which left memes and songs of court forever.

What did the baker said about the pepper gas attack on River?

“We never wanted to suspend the game, it was just putting pressure and he went out of hand, because the idea was not to harm them physically, but they felt that this is mouth”he argued in a note with Infobae In 2019.

“I immolated myself through the mouth and I do not regret it. It’s the same as they know that they will steal my house with my children inside and I was left with crossed arms without doing anything. Time was giving me the reason, but that’s it, it already happened. I never wanted to make myself famous and always preferred to protect my family. Someday we will sit two hours and I will tell everything, but today it is not the time.He added to his discharge the violent.

Some time later, the own Daniel Angelicithen president of Mouth, admitted in a note that the original idea was to load River but that everything went out of hand. And enough.

The matter closed when the CONMEBOL It was issued on May 17, through its website, and decreed:

• Disqualify Mouth of the edition 2015, But not to exclude it from future competences (River He went to the quarter and then consecrated champion of America).
• Four matches closed in international tournaments, which were then reduced to two by an amnesty.
• Four games without being able to sell tickets for the commitments of Mouth As a visitor.
• Fine of 200,000 dollars.