On the evening of August 20th local time, the Argentina Independiente team and the Chilean University team played the second round of the South American Libertadores Cup 16-team match at the Avianada Municipal Stadium in Argentina. When the game reached the 48th minute, the score was 1:1. At this time, there was a violent conflict between the fans of both sides, resulting in at least 4 fans being seriously injured and unconscious, and more than 90 people being arrested. The game was suspended.
The competition and operation department of CONMEBOL announced that due to the lack of security guarantees from the Argentine club and local security department, the game could not be continued, so the game was canceled. The case will be submitted to the judicial agency of CONMEBOL for further ruling.
Chilean President Boric expressed on social media that night that he had entrusted the Chilean ambassador in Argentina to personally go to the police station that detained the Chilean University fans and the hospital that treated the injured to ensure the safety of Chilean citizens. (Xuemei Deng and Xiangcheng Gong from the Central Desk)