Deportivo fan killed after violent clashes before Atletico Madrid game It has been confirmed that a Deportivo La Coruna fan who suffered a cardiac arrest following a fight with Atletico Madrid supporters has died. The two Spanish sides met in La Liga in an 11am kick-off but the build-up to the game was marked by awful scenes. It was initially reported by Spanish news agency EFE and newspapers As and Marca that a Deportivo supporter had been pronounced clinically dead after suffering a cardiac arrest and head trauma having been rescued from the Manzanares river. Sources at the hospital clarified that doctors were trying to raise the mans body temperature before assessing other possible injuries. He was also reported to be suffering from hypothermia after being thrown into water. The 43-year-old Depor fan, who was not identified by name, had to be fished out of the freezing river near Atleticos Calderon stadium. Hospital sources later said he had died shortly after 2 pm local time (1300 GMT) after failing to respond to efforts to revive him. The Manzanares river winds through Madrid and close to the Vicente Calderon stadium where Atletico Madrid play their home games. Eleven other people were treated for mostly minor injuries, including one female police officer with a fractured hand. Twenty people were taken into custody and a total of 100 troublemakers had been identified, police said on their Twitter feed (@policia). Atletico and Spains professional league (LFP) condemned the troublemakers and the LFP said it had wanted to suspend the game. Spanish media reported they had been unable to do so as it had not been possible to contact the Spanish federation (RFEF) in time. I want to say that this has nothing to do with football, Atletico president Enrique Cerezo said in an interview with Spanish television recorded before the fans death was announced. These are radical groups who meet up and these are the consequences, Cerezo added. I repeat that neither Atletico nor Deportivo have anything to do with these incidents, they are organised by radical groups who have their histories and their accounts to settle. Depor president Tino Fernandez said clubs needed to do more to make sure such incidents were not allowed to happen. Its tragic news, he told Spanish TV. I want to express our vehement opposition to violence.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 14:31:25 +0000
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