The City of Madrid will deploy in the afternoon and night of Saturday a device of 130 agents of Municipal police to avoid crowds around the squares where the Atlético de Madrid (Neptune) and the Real Madrid (Cibeles), who will play the league title that day.
At the press conference after the Board of government of this Thursday, the municipal spokesperson and delegate of Security and Emergencies, Immaculate Sanz, has explained that they will try to keep traffic flowing and the capacity around the fountains will be limited if necessary.
The prevailing appeal, he insisted, is that the fans “celebrate primarily at home”, and he has pleaded “not to go massively to these sources.”
In case this request is not respected, the town hall it is “prepared” so that “the capacity is controlled and in no case more people gather than the security measures recommend.”
The fountains will be fenced off and from 7:00 p.m. on Saturday “different filters” with fences and containers will be available in their surroundings to control access, and special emphasis will be placed on monitoring street vending and alcohol consumption on public roads.
The device will have drones and will also be aware of the celebrations that may take place in the stadium Metropolitan Wanda (although the Athletic plays in Valladolid on Saturday afternoon) and in the sports city of Valdebebas, where the Real Madrid He will play his match against Villarreal.
Sanz also recalled that “the clubs have already transmitted that they are not going to go to these sources.” To the troops deployed by the Municipal Police, it will be necessary to add those deployed by the National Police force, according to the Consistory in a press release.