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Copa América 2024

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Based upon the images they're showing on tudn, preliminarily it looks like Uruguayan fans were looking to fight. Nuñez had family in the sector, and even though they weren't in the middle of it, he went right in to the middle of it swinging. Not defending a single soul, but going on the warpath. I can't stress enough how much he should receive a lengthy worldwide ban from football. This was bad. You can see on some of the video shots when he went in
 
Uruguay saying family members were mistreated throughout the game. Video images pretty much straight up show the beginning of it being Uruguay fans going into groups of Colombian fans to fight. Colombian captain Gimenez was also in there.

I have no hatred whatsoever for Uruguay, but Uruguay should be significantly sanctioned for this.
 

LinekersLegs said:
James and Yerry, do us proud
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They did.

It was a riveting game. High adrenaline. Might have been the most gripping game I’ve seen in both tourneys.

James has been the standout of the entire Copa and was MOTM tonight. Bet he has some suitors (hey Dan….)

Mina hadn’t played before tonight but was huge when he came in - several big interventions down the stretch.

He’s only played 18 games over 2 seasons in Italy. Big man just can’t stay on the pitch but he’s a beast when he can. Love that man.
 
There aren't any more images being shown on TV, but every Uruguayan swears that Colombian fans were attacking family. Thing is, on the video by the point the Uruguayan players entered the brawl, the family members were all way outside of it, there's no actual proof of any Colombians going after Uruguayan fans at all other than Uruguayan players saying so, and the players entering did so at a point where it had mostly died down. They were attacking people as an act of aggression, not defence.
 

I can't stress this enough, because like half the population of Uruguay is trying to push this "they were defending their families" line because their captain said so:

A) there were cameras literally everywhere in the stadium, and literally zero images have been produced to support this

B) before this all started in the crowd, multiple Uruguayan players tried to go after Colombian players and staff

C) Uruguayan federation leaders apparently threw drinks at Colombian fans (the video is clear but I don't personally recognize the people)

D) as was pointed out by very neutral Spanish language commentators in the USA, at no point in the videos of the brawl do you see players' family members in the middle of the fighting, and at the point the players entered the fight you can see extremely clearly that the players' families were nowhere near it. You can't claim you're acting defensively when you do what they did. At all.

Honestly FIFA and CONMEBOL will probably completely ignore this, but there should be a massive sanction, and banning the team from the next world cup would be justified. It was not just two players.
 
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I can't stress this enough, because like half the population of Uruguay is trying to push this "they were defending their families" line because their captain said so:

A) there were cameras literally everywhere in the stadium, and literally zero images have been produced to support this

B) before this all started in the crowd, multiple Uruguayan players tried to go after Colombian players and staff

C) Uruguayan federation leaders apparently threw drinks at Colombian fans (the video is clear but I don't personally recognize the people)

D) as was pointed out by very neutral Spanish language commentators in the USA, at no point in the videos of the brawl do you see players' family members in the middle of the fighting, and at the point the players entered the fight you can see extremely clearly that the players' families were nowhere near it. You can't claim you're acting defensively when you do what they did. At all.

Honestly FIFA and CONMEBOL will probably completely ignore this, but there should be a massive sanction, and banning the team from the next world cup would be justified. It was not just two players.
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FIFA has to come down like a ton of bricks.

- The last time something like this happened in pro sports, suspensions of up to a year were handed out
- Cantona was banned for eight months for the kung-fu kick
- Football's greatest PR problem remains hooliganism, so FIFA can't turn a blind eye when the players engage in it

The family excuse holds about as much water as "the fan threw a beer on me." The video shows nothing but raw aggression from Nunez. It would take a lot in terms of footage before what we all saw to mitigate or absolve.
 
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No idea if there is some other images of his family being in danger but this video doesn't seem great
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Honestly I've been looking, and in a stadium full of cameras the worst thing they have proof of is a family member getting hit with a drink. Which Uruguayan leaders did to Colombian fans as well.

Also, violence is bad and all, but some of you may be interested in this specific video:

 

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