More than 270 troops prepared for the Real Madrid fight

The Madrid City Council, through the body of the Municipal Police, will enable a special security device formed by 120 agents in the surroundings of the Cibeles fountain to avoid crowds of Real Madrid fans if the club wins the League this Thursday or next Sunday.

To these troops must be added the approximately 150 that the National Police will deploy., has informed the delegate of Security and Emergencies, Inmaculada Sanz.

In addition, if the Madrid club won the title this Thursday, the municipal police night shift “would be on notice” in case you have to reinforce the special device in case of any incident that arises.

The also spokesperson for the municipal government has reminded the meringues fans that his club has already announced that it will not visit the Cibeles fountain, a historic meeting point to celebrate the victories of Real Madrid.

For this reason, in line with what has been expressed in recent days by the mayor of the city, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, he has called for fans to celebrate the title “in their houses and balconies, if they get the soccer trophy preferably “, without going to other parts of the city to celebrate.

The security device established by the Madrid Municipal Police, in contact with the other administrations, It has the objective “of preventing concentrations of people on public roads due to the health situation.” The operation has been dimensioned taking into account that, if the league wins, the Real Madrid players will not go to the Cibeles source to celebrate it.

Selective controls

This security device would prevent invasion the road, so that circulation is kept as fluid as possible and city officials would stop fans from concentrating on the sidewalks of a wide environment of the Cibeles fountain, at points common as the facade of the Army Barracks, the area of ​​stops bus to the north and south of the source, the facade of the Bank of Spain, the Palacio de Linares and the headquarters of the Town Hall.

Police officers that make up the special device, spread over a wide perimeter of influence, They would make selective controls in the space between Neptuno, Plaza de la Independencia, Colón and Gran Vía.

The municipal police units involved would be patrols of the comprehensive district units (UID) of Centro Norte, Centro Sur, Salamanca and Retiro; several teams from the security support units (UAS) and patrols from the Special Traffic Unit (UET).