The National Atlético bus was attacked in Cúcuta.
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A new episode of violence tarnishes Colombian football. On Tuesday afternoon, The National Atlético Bus was attacked with stones while heading to the Santander General Stadium, where the Paisa team had to play the second leg of the repechage of the Betplay Cup ante Cúcuta Deportivo.
According to images spread on social networks, several bus windows were destroyed by the impact of the stones. According to the journalist Jj Osorio, from Sports blog a blu radio, striker Alfredo Morelos would have been injured during the attack.
Fortunately, the injuries did not gather gravity and Morelos could be included in the titular alignment of Atlético Nacional For the match against Cúcuta Deportivo.
“It was not an arrival at which we are accustomed. We received an aggression of the rival fans that They broke five or four windows and hit two or three players. A lot of glass in the body of several more. The truth is that it hurts to have to go through these situations today. Pitifully, The reception was not what we expected”, Said Javier Gandolfi, National Technician, for Win Sports.
Atlético Nacional comes to this meeting with an advantage of 1-0 Obtained in the first leg played at the Atanasio Girardot Stadium the previous week.
This unfortunate fact adds to a worrying series of recent incidents related to violence in Colombian football: Riñas between national and cúcuta fans in Medellín, aggressions of followers of Santa Fe on the outskirts of El Campín, and attacks repeated to the Millionaire bus, both in Bogotá and in other squares and Santa Marta.
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