Indonesia’s tragedy, from the inside: “Four people died in the locker room”

One of the biggest tragedies in history to be experienced on a football field caused the death of more than 125 people last night in Indonesia during a match between Arema-Persebaya. The invasion of the field, the intense clashes and the subsequent police action caused landslides that claimed the lives of dozens of people and put the entire football world on alert and in mourning.

Javier Rocathe Chilean coach of Arema (the local team), is related today in an interview with Sports Carousel how disaster is experienced from within. “Mentally I was destroyed, I feel a load of responsibility”, the technician sincerely.

“The most terrible thing is when the victims start entering the locker room and have to be treated by our doctor, our players or myself. There were between 25 and 30 people, and four of them died. The fans died in the arms of some. of them. my players,” said stone.

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“When I came back from the press conference, I saw the tragedy and the case inside the stadium. Boys passed by with the victims in their arms”, recalled the Chilean, also explaining that the confrontation was between local fans and police and excludes the rival stand, as there are no fans of the visiting team.

“The confrontation was with the police. The stadium was not prepared for this chaos. There were 48,000 people and avalanches began. Maybe the capacity could have been reduced, but one did not think that one was going to a football match. and Almost 200 people will die. It’s an intense battle,” continued Roca in Carousel, where he pointed out the malpractice of the police.

“I think the police exceeded their limits, although they were not on the field and I did not experience the outcome. Seeing the pictures, maybe they used other techniques,” lamented the Chilean. “It proved that the stadium was not prepared for a riot of this magnitude. It was an avalanche. Something like this had never happened in the stadium, and it collapsed with the number of people who wanted to flee. The stadium was far away. , the city is quite small and does not have the capacity for enough ambulances to come,” continued stoneobviously affected.

“There is no result in any match, in any World Cup final, that has more value than a life. The mentality in many places is that the winner lives and the loser, dies”, he synthesizes Javier Roca.