Comments on: Sit down and behave

By: hastaelgolsiempre

hastaelgolsiempre — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:34:49 +0000

Atul, I think I translated the sections which appear here from this article on Olé.

http://www.ole.clarin.com/notas/2008/07/09/futbollocal/01711196.html

By: atul b

atul b — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:28:44 +0000

i was in BA in may and from what i can gather from peopl eover there is that they will never allow all seater stadiums as standing is the lifeblood of their game which creates the atmosphere and the best football to watch. I have been told that the hinchadas will rip out seats and will just stand anyway as per usual!!!! Javier castrilli mentions the 3rd tier at boca how apt as that is where i was meant to be sitting but most people were still standing especially behind me and also on the exit steps which makes all seater stadium even more unsafe!!!

ps- sam where did you get the details/speech from that castrilli made i would like to read it in full.

many thx

By: hastaelgolsiempre

hastaelgolsiempre — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:44:03 +0000

‘The goal may be to have all-seater stadiums, but is there going to be any active enforcement of not standing during the game?’

I’d be amazed if that happens, Carlos. Preventing the ‘avalanchas’ is certainly part of the reason (they were referred to in Castrilli’s speech) but… well, we’ll see…

By: Carlos

Carlos — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:30:32 +0000

The goal may be to have all-seater stadiums, but is there going to be any active enforcement of not standing during the game? I can’t imagine Independiente’s or Boca’s hinchas sitting simply because they will have a seat behind them.

If the purpose is to stop the “avalanchas” after a team scores, I can’t really see that being very significant. Maybe they are thinking this measure will work simply because it seems to have toned down the violence in English stadia?

By: Matthew Gilbert

Matthew Gilbert — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:44:02 +0000

Won’t this have a serious effect on the atmosphere. At San Lorenzo, that bank of standing supporters on the left as TV cameras look is one of the most spectacular ends in any football stadium, I really can’t imagine them being able to seat that in time, would they have to close it off?
And I still don’t believe that sitting down/standing up thing, I remember games at Velez, Newell’s and Racing where much of the trouble has come from seated areas.
I thought there was a downturn of violence AT games this season? Most of the trouble I read about seems to be on the way to matches and outside stadia.

By: Vladimir Reznik

Vladimir Reznik — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:16:12 +0000

Really good article man. Its a shame that this sort of thing over shadows the matches as there are some really strong players in the Argentinian league. If the money was available the players could stay and form one of the best leagues in the world.

Keep up the good work man