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RARE GOALLESS EL CLASICO LEAVES 21 INJURED!

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At least 21 were injured, six hospitalised and two arrested as protests unfolded around Camp Nou during El Clasico report AFP.

It started as a peaceful protest.

Then it escalated quickly. The police were brandishing clubs.

The protests didn’t tail off though and the aggression level was probably upped.

As a reminder, ‘Tsunami Democratic’ movement planned protests around Camp Nou to show their opposition to the imprisonment of Catalan political leaders.

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El Clasico had already been rescheduled for similar reasons from October to December.

-AFP

 

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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