The sports manager of Blanco y Negro, Daniel Morón confirmed what was an open secret: Colo Colo will appeal the punishment decreed against the Monumental Stadium.
Colo Colo did not get it cheap. The serious incidents that occurred in the last superclassic against the University of Chile provoked the reaction of the Disciplinary Court of the ANFP and the resolution was quite harsh: Three matches without an audience in which the Cacique plays local at the Monumental Stadium and also, will not be able to receive fans against the archrival in the following season.
The sanction of three games without an audience will be fulfilled in the matches against Palestinian (Sunday April 23), A bold Italian (Tuesday, May 9) and United Curico (Sunday May 21), that is, the Cacique will not receive its fans again until the end of the first round of the National Championship.
Morón confirms appeal
In the preview of the Copa Chile match against Santiago City, the sports manager of Blanco y Negro, Daniel Morón, confirmed the information that had been circulating: Colo Colo will make its appeal to the sanction official, with the aim of reducing the sanction filed by the ANFP.
“Colo Colo is going to appeal. We hope that in that appeal we can obtain a drop in the punishment dates that are established “ These were the words issued by the former goalkeeper Albo and who was also consulted about the possibility of not receiving an audience in the next superclassic “I do not think. We will wait and see what happens on appeal.”hill.
The harsh punishment received by Colo Colo was decreed based on the report issued by the judge of the meeting between the Cacique and the University of Chile, on that occasion, Cristián Garay recorded the throwing a penknife onto the field and the fireworks launched from the Caupolicán sector.
One of the points that most attracted attention in the sanction issued by the ANFP Court of Penalties was the impossibility of receiving public in the superclassic next season, a situation that is not stipulated in the bases of the championship.
In this way, it will be necessary to be expectant to what the club’s lawyers can do and carefully follow the ruling that will have the appeal.
