This weekend, there will be away fans present at football matches for the first time since 2013. The first match of the Primera División (First League) to brave this will be the Olimpo vs. Lanús fixture, on Saturday at 2 PM. There will be two other matches later on in the weekend with away fans in Buenos Aires province: Estudiantes vs Sarmiento (La Plata) and San Lorenzo vs. Defensa y Justicia (Florencio Varela). Away fans have been banned by the Argentine Football Association (AFA) to attend matches in all divisions since 2013, when a Lanús fan was killed during clashes between the police and violent fans that broke out in a match against Estudiantes. Football violence has been a social problem in Argentina for some time but playing without away fans has made Argentine football a whole lot less interesting.

Source: The Bubble September 07, 2016 17:48 UTC