Is anybody apprehensive concerning the safety at Copa America 2024 matches this summer time? If US-Mexico is any indication, we will count on some followers to get out of hand.
Final night time, a melee broke out between USMNT and El Tri followers in BIG D, which can have even die-hard questioning their participation on this summer time’s video games.
The scene was brutal. The US fan sporting Stars and Stripes took on a number of Mexican followers, culminating in ice being thrown and an enormous punch-down that noticed him fly down a few rows. Watch it.
This is one other US fan who obtained stitches within the head after taking a number of drinks or batteries to the top. Yeah, loopy.
And a few baggage of piss for the gamers themselves after Gio Reyna notched the two-nil lead.
Nevertheless, the 30-second fistfight was a part of a string of inappropriate fan habits at AT&T Stadium. The sport stopped thrice resulting from homophobic chants from the gang.
Think about being a mum or dad and bringing considered one of your children to see this. Or…
And to show this does not simply occur in Concacaf matches, look no additional than final January when Brazil confronted Argentina on the Maracana in World Cup qualifying. The Brazilian police performed the beating of Argentina followers.
It is 87 days till Copa America 2024. How can Conmebol and Concacaf remind followers to depart the battle on the pitch? With all the cash concerned, in actuality, in all probability little or no. Higher carry an umbrella.
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