‘Topo Gigio’ judicial to Riquelme: they close a Boca tribune to check if it is at “building risk”

Moments ago the news broke that the Justice ordered the preventive closure of the South Tribune of La Bombonera, for alleged “building deficiencies” and to rule out “potential security risks”. The decision of the Public Prosecutor of the City comes hours of the duel between Boca Juniors and Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero, which will be played this Sunday at 7:15 p.m. This measure will cause the xeneize team, which week after week has innumerable problems with its partners due to the controversial systems it uses to sell tickets, on this occasion must reduce the offer in 5000 locations.

The closure was requested by the Buenos Aires MPF after the investigation initiated ex officio by the Specialized Prosecutor for Massive Events on January 29, the date on which Boca defeated Atlético Tucumán 1-0 as a local.

The tense rescue of a Boca fan who ended up half naked hooked on barbed wire

The Criminal, Misdemeanor and Offenses Court No. 1, charge of the Doctor Rodolfo Ariza ClericiIt was then that he ordered the preventive closure of the sector to complete the skills and inspect the place.

In the context of the investigation of the Prosecutor’s Office for having supposedly exceeded the capacity of capacity and ticket resale (there were problems in accessing the first date of the Professional Soccer League), a video of a fan in the stands now went viral closed in which cracks can be seen before the movement of the fans. “Don’t be late, it’s dangerous,” read the caption on the film.

The experts in charge consider that there are “certain shortcomings and building deficiencies combined with a excess of publicconstituting a dangerous situation”.

Right in that sector of the pitch, the club’s infrastructure department carried out a during test the first days of January with canvas pools filled with water simulating the weight of the public, a procedure that, as indicated by the leadership, they carry out every six months.

At that time, sources from the club located at Brandsen 805 told infobae: “A liter of water is equivalent to a kilogram of weight, so by means of this load test the pool can be filled in one sector and then in another. In addition, with an extensometer it is possible to measure the deformation of the surface according to the different loads”.

the antecedent

The Judicial Investigation Corps of the Public Prosecutor’s Office had already investigated ex officio for a video that went viral on Twitter dating from July 2022, after the Boca-Corinthians match for the Copa Libertadores. At that time, Celsa Ramírez had also requested the search of the facilities to carry out expert reports.

Merentiel’s first statements as a Boca player

miguel merentiel already trained under the leadership of Hugo Ibarra and I could even go to the substitutes’ bench this Sunday against Cordoba Centerfor the second date of the tournament Professional Soccer League (LPF).

“I’m going to give up my life for this club, for this shirt. I know that I come to a very big institution”, said the former player of Defense and Justice and Godoy Cruz de Mendoza, among other clubs. “My characteristics are the claw and not to give up any lost ball. I can play as a center forward or throw myself back to look for game” highlights the footballer, who comes from the palmeiraswhere he did not find the desired continuity.

“I had no place in my team (Palmeiras) and different options were managed. When my representative told me Boca, I didn’t even doubt it” confessed Merentiel. The forward built an agreement for one season, without charge, and with a purchase option for 3 million dollars.

“I complement myself well with another ‘9’, I don’t have any problem. I’m prepared for what comes my way“, maintained the attacker, who also listed the differences between playing local and Brazilian football. “Brazilian teams are very powerful from an economic point of view. I believe that a team like Boca can be planted as equals to fight for the Copa Libertadoressaid the scorer.