River fan is hospitalized with skull fracture in Porto Alegre

This Tuesday, the 8th, the International won a historic classification for the quarterfinals of the liberatorsafter winning the river plate by the score of 2 to 1. However, the focus was not only given to the great soccer match shown in the waterfront and the South American competition was the scene of more moments of tension and violence.

Even before the start of the match, while the two fans were still outside Beira-Rio, a confrontation took place between Brazilians and Argentines. According to the newspaperhello‘, a River Plate fan was hit in the head by a stone, which would have been thrown from where the Internacional fans were located.

Therefore, the fans were not even able to enter the stadium and watch the match. Taken to a nearby hospital and admitted promptly, Enzo Barreto was diagnosed with a skull fracture. The Argentine was hit by the stone when he was still on the bus, along with other people from the crowd, on his way to Beira-Rio.

As reported by ‘Olé’, the stone caused Enzo to fall and hit his head on the ground, a moment that must have been crucial for his fracture. According to the findings of the Argentine newspaper, the fan will have to be observed at the hospital in Rio Grande do Sul for at least five days and then will be reassessed.

On the way back to Buenos Aires, some River Plate fans, who had returned to the Argentine capital by bus, met part of the crowd Corinthians, which is on its way to São Paulo. In the city of Uruguaiana, on the border between the two countries, Argentines and Brazilians staged yet another scene of provocations, this time no violent acts were recorded.