FPF will investigate the acts of violence committed this Saturday at the VIDU

The meeting of the teams of the minor categories between Alianza Lima and Universitario that was played this Saturday in VIDA was tinged with violence. What marred the event was a fight carried out by the attendees. There were even shots fired into the air.

In this regard, the Peruvian Football Federation condemned the acts of vandalism. The sports institution specified in a statement that it decided that the FPF Disciplinary Commission will be in charge of investigating the acts in the commitment for the 2008 category and “According to its powers, impose the corresponding sanctions according to the regulations of the Elite Federation-Cop Gold Tournament”.

On the other hand, the entity pointed out that the commitment between Alianza Lima and Universitario Sub-18 that was going to be played on Monday, May 9 at VIDU was suspended to safeguard the integrity of the soccer players and the public.

“The Peruvian Football Federation recalls that the reactivation of youth football in Peru is a labor of great effort and calls on all the institutions and people involved to seriously fulfill their obligations for the proper development of competitions”, reads in the statement.

University Statement

“A person who we have fully identified in photographs, one of them inside the rival team’s bus, fired shots in unknown circumstances, generating a moment of shock and terror among the players, families in attendance and staff working at the headquarters of the team. club”, reads in the first lines of the statement.

Likewise, according to the Twitter user “@legua_andres”, it all started after the final whistle of the 2008 category match, where the intimates won 2-1. The person in question assures that a cream ‘fan’ wanted to steal a banner from an Alliance fan. After that, the brawl was formed by the use of a firearm.

It is necessary to mention that, after the acts of violence, one of the footballers of the intimate picture ended up affected. This is the player Leonnel Contreras, who ended up with a head injury due to a stone impact, for which he had to be transferred to the nearest hospital in an emergency.

For its part, Universitario added in its statement that “The police intervened Jimmy Silva, who was allowed to enter our headquarters, as he identified himself as the father of a family from the rival team. As part of the investigations, we have made available to the authorities the images where the subject is observed with the weapon in his hand.