A classic tainted by violence

By Rosa Covarrubias 

The same match, but in a different scenario, resulted in the aggression of two journalists.

NO, we cannot normalize what for years has been justified under the pretext of: "these are the risks of the profession". We cannot continue to allow violence in stadiums to be assumed as part of the spectacle, nor can we allow attacks on journalists to go unpunished.

Sexual assaults, mainly in stadiums or soccer events, are more common than we think and less visible than we imagine, especially because 90 percent of the time they are against women. On a regular basis, we used to keep quiet and not raise our voices.

David Faitelson did it. He was assaulted in the tunnel of the Akron stadium: first, when beer was thrown in his face; then, when a "fan" touched his private parts. A sexual assault by any standards. The TUDN journalist denounced the facts in his social networks. Let's hope that, in the editorial office of his company, he was not told: "You are a journalist, these are the risks we run".

I am outraged, but I am glad that (hopefully) since Faitelson raised his voice, the Chivas board and the stadium authorities will pay more attention to sexual aggressions that happen inside sports venues.

Annotation: I will address the issue of sexual assaults on my female colleagues in stadiums next week, because it deserves ample space for discussion.

To top it off, it was not the only aggression at the Guadalajara stadium in this trilogy of Clasicos against America.

Soccer player Kevin Álvarez suffered a leg injury after a social misfit threw a glass bottle onto the field at the end of the second game at the Akron.

Once again, stadium security and the famous Fan ID were conspicuous by their absence in a high-risk match.

The match was moved to Mexico City for the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup round of 16.

It seemed that, being a stadium with a larger number of security elements, there would not be so many problems either inside or outside the stadium. This was not the case.

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