Heba Press/Sports
Atlético Madrid, third in the Spanish football championship, announced today Monday that it had banned a supporter “for life” for having caused the stopping of their match against Real Madrid (1-1) yesterday, Sunday, for more than ten minutes. to the throwing of projectiles at the “Metropolitano” stadium in Madrid at the end of the match.
Press sources quoted a club statement as saying: “Our security apparatus continues to work with the police to identify the remainder of those involved, who will be permanently removed as soon as they are identified. »
The match was stopped in the 69th minute when current Real Madrid goalkeeper and former Atletico Madrid goalkeeper, Belgian international Thibaut Courtois, complained to the referee about being targeted by the Atletico supporters, who threw numerous projectiles at him.
All the players returned to the locker room due to the incident which occurred immediately after Real Madrid opened the scoring through their Brazilian international defender, Eder Militao (64th). The match resumed around ten minutes later after calm had returned to the stadium.
Atletico Madrid explained in its press release that it would prohibit in its internal regulations any article or clothing that “prevents the recognition of a person’s face in order to hide their identity”. In the event of non-compliance with this rule, the persons concerned will be immediately expelled from the stadium.
