Foto/Photo: Alejandro Munévar
Río de Janeiro, 18 de julio de 2014.- Cerca de 900 hinchas chilenos tomaron las instalaciones del centro de prensa del estadio Maracaná, durante 4 minutos. El caos se apodero de la sala de prensa cuando un grupo de aficionados seguidores del seleccionado chileno irrumpió en el pacifico espacio de prensa del estadio carioca.
Por Alejandro Munévar- <alejomunevar@gmail.com> – AIPS Young Reporter (Colombia)
Faltando una hora para que se diera el comienzo del partido entre España y Chile, se escucharon fuertes gritos y disturbios a la entrada del centro de prensa, inmediatamente nos trasladamos al lugar de los hechos en donde vimos cómo los aficionados ingresaban a la fuerza y nadie los podía detener.
La ola de aficionados se llevaba lo que encontraba por delante, iban tumbando mesas, lockers y algunos de ellos aprovecharon el momento de descuido para llevarse consigo uno que otro aparato electrónico que los incautos cronistas deportivos dejaban en sus mesas con el afán de conseguir las imágenes de lo que acontecía.
Algunos hinchas fueron capturados y llevados a una habitación detrás del centro de prensa en donde se inició una riña entre aficionados y miembros de la seguridad, lo que ocasionó un terrible alboroto que concluyo con la parcial destrucción de un sector de la sala de prensa en donde las paredes se vinieron al piso. Los afectados fueron algunos comunicadores que se encontraban sentados cerca a las paredes que cayeron.
La FIFA no se ha pronunciado acerca de lo sucedido, los delegados que se encontraban en el estadio han decidido evadir las preguntas acerca del tema y concentrarse en el partido.
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ENGLISH:
Chilean fans invade and damage the press center before Spain game
By Alejandro Munevar, AIPS Young Reporter (Colombia) – <alejomunevar@gmail.com>
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 18, 2014 – We all know that football arouses different emotions amongst fans. Sometimes the passions are misdirected.
Today at Maracana Stadium several Chilean fans stormed the Press Centre, damaging some windows and part of the building itself. We heard some commotion outside the stadium, which we thought was the normal excitement ahead of the big game (Spain vs Chile) the least we expected was a press centre invasion.
We captured some videos when the fans burst into the media centre: children, women, and men Men were among the crowd who broke in, claiming to be angry that they had no been able to obtain tickets for the match.
In all of the Brazilian protests and demonstrations, this year and at the Confederations Cup last year, this was the first time that media facilities had been assailed.
Immediately the security tried to take charge of the situation, but they couldn’t contain the unruly Chilean fans.
The security managed to get out the fans from the Media Centre, but once outside the Chileans overpowered the the guards probably trying to force their way into the stadium Hurriedly-summoned security staff cornered them in one section of the centre. Authorities said later that 85 people had been arrested.
Journalists scrambled to take pictures and shoot video, amidst the organizers protests.
It was the first time ever that fans had forced their way into Media Center stealing some of the journalists tools, destroy the centre TV and creating a total mess.
FIFA has condemned the unruly behaviour saying some of the fans have been arrested.
«Ahead of the ESP-CHI match at the Maracanã, a group of individuals without tickets violently forced entry into the stadium.They broke fences & overran security before being contained by security. They did not make it to the seats.The situation was brought under control quickly & at least 85 intruders were detained by the military police of Rio.The organizers of the World Cup condemn these acts of violence. We’ll communicate further info & measures to be taken in due course,»read the statement from FIFA.
