MADRID, 9 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of Real Sociedad, Jokin Aperribay, announced that the Basque club will pursue the “criminals” who threw flares at local fans this Wednesday in the Champions League duel at the Reale Arena against Benfica.
“It pains me to appear on this magnificent night, but I want to apologize to the Real fans. We have confiscated a lot of material from the Benfica fans, the searches have been innumerable, but not everything has been seized,” he said at a press conference. after the duel that ended with a 3-1 victory for Real.
The match was marked, in addition to the great performance on the pitch by Imanol Alguacil’s team, by the violence of some of the Portuguese team’s supporters. La Real shared photos of everything seized from Benfica fans at the entrance to the stadium, which did not prevent the launching of flares after the 3-1 score.
The referee of the match, the Englishman Anthony Taylor, stopped the game around the 50th minute, after the visitor’s goal. Furthermore, the preview on the outskirts of the Reale Arena left riots and the launching of flares, chairs and attacks with sticks in a confrontation with the local fans and the Ertzaintza.
“La Real will take criminal action against the criminals who launched the flares. We are not going to admit it. La Real will use all the means at its disposal to pursue these criminals. Some matches are turning into previous fights. Today a man has been arrested Gipuzkoan who is not a member. There is a problem that does not have an easy solution, but we will use all possible means to confront these people. They are criminals,” he concluded.