Venezuela: Maduro’s government rejects attacks by Peruvian police on soccer players from its national team

The government of Nicolas Maduro This Wednesday he rejected the attacks against footballers of Venezuela by the Peruvian Police, which took place at the National Stadium in Lima, at the end of a match between the teams of both countries that ended with a 1-1 draw.

In a statement, the Youth and Sports portfolio expressed his “indignation and rejection of the attacks suffered by athletes of the Venezuelan soccer team by the National Police of Peru”, minutes after the match for the sixth round of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup ended.

“It is, to say the least, embarrassing that a football event of such magnitude has been taken as a battlefield to expose the lowest passions of anti-Venezuelan xenophobia by a police authority Peru“, underlines the writing.

However, the Chavista Government believes that this behavior “is not surprising” after the announcement by the Peruvian Police “to carry out immigration controls on the Venezuelan community” in the stadium.

Therefore, the Executive “reserves the corresponding legal actions and demands that the authorities of Peru“, to the International Football Federation, the South American Football Confederation and the Peruvian Football Federation a thorough investigation into these unacceptable events.”

Caracas denounced minutes before that the Peruvian authorities have prevented the plane in which Vinotinto will travel from Lima from refueling.so he asked the Government of Dina Boluarte “the immediate cessation of attacks against” the Venezuelan soccer team.

For its part, The Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF) published another statement in which it joins the condemnation for the “physical and verbal” attacks. and for the “acts of discrimination and xenophobia” suffered by the team and the fans that supported them.

“It is very serious that one of our players was injured by an official, when approaching our fans to give them a shirt, an act that is absolutely normal (…) and that should not attract a police sanction like the one that has occurred. our player suffered,” noted the FVF.