The ‘night of the lighters’ sequence at the Metropolitano

Unlike other occasions, the Madrid derby was played yesterday in Metropolitan He will not be remembered for the goals, plays or saves of any footballer. It will be remembered that this was the first temporary suspension (the game was stopped for 16 minutes with the stars in the locker room) due to objects thrown from the stands. But how did the events unfold?

The match, so heated from the start as all these ‘types’ are, runs normally until the true Madridafter a good play by Vinicius, led the scoreboard through Militao in the 64th minute During the goal, as it was known in the ‘hangover’ of the match, Courtois already heard the screams coming from the Fondo Sur already. said: “Courtois, die, Courtois, die” and with the goal, the Belgian goalkeeper tackled them to celebrate the goal and that’s when the storm broke out.

At that moment, things began to fall from the stands such as lighters, water bottles with lids and the occasional bag with some sort of unspecified content. The goalkeeper collected a series of them and brought them to the referee to let him know what had happened. At that moment, the referee, Busquets Ferrer, It was clear to him and he confronted the field delegate of Atlético de Madrid to record what happened and to carry out the protocol established in this type of case where the public address system of the stadium has to give a warning up to three times if the launch does not stop.

That’s what happened, things didn’t stop falling and the referee, following the established standard, sent the players to the locker room to suspend the game as a precaution for about 16 minutes.

During that time, the stands waited impatiently for news to come from the field until, around 10:45 pm, the game resumed and ended in a tie that everyone already knew.