Hundreds of thousands are escorted into the World Cup Brazil Argentina footballer. It fears the problem fans “Barras Bravas” because the search one thing: violence.

Quite noisy it went to that evening earlier this month, outside the headquarters of the Argentine Football Association Afa.

Around 300 delegates from problem – Argentine fan clubs besieged the building in the center of Buenos Aires with drums , whistles and flags, they demanded to speak the AFA leadership. The Ultra fan clubs, called Barras Bravas , demanded 650 tickets for the games of the Argentine national team at the World Cup preliminary round . But above all, they wanted a commitment by the Association, that this will not pass on personal data of justice known problem fans to the Brazilian authorities .

Association president Julio Grondona , the one close to the Barras Bravas is said , sent his security secretary Alberto Capuchetti to talk to the fans. This clashed briefly and violently with supporters , but said according to the official statement , neither tickets nor the restraint of the data .

But a few days later told the Argentine daily newspaper ” Clarín ” , AFA chief Grondona have the Barras promised 900 tickets for the three group stage matches the sky blue – white selection . The fan club had still 500 additional cards requested to resell and so to finance their stay in Brazil. After all but assured the government in Buenos Aires to pass the data from the hooligans at the neighbors.

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Further north in the World Cup host you will have the heard with relief. There, the government is pressing for months already on the names of the 1,500 violent Argentines who have in the home stadium ban and either have criminal records or are pending against the procedure.

It is these particular Conspicuous among them also many hooligans facing the Brazilians have particular fear and against which they intend, where appropriate impose travel bans , such as Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo assured . “Who still comes through , we will send back home. ”

In Brazil it is remembered that four years ago appeared Argentine hardcore supporters at the World Cup in South Africa. A fan died in clashes between two Barras among themselves , 29 supporters were still deported during the tournament in Argentina . And this time between Buenos Aires and the venues not thousands of kilometers, but a maximum of 30 hours by bus . Argentina plays in the preliminary round in Group F in Rio de Janeiro , Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre. Only the last group match against Nigeria in Porto Alegre on 25 June 100,000 Argentines are expected.

How great is the power of clubs, can be seen by a court judgment by mid-April. Federal Judge Cecilia Gilardi Madariaga de Negre granted the request for a preliminary injunction of the Fan Club Association Hinchadas Unidas Argentinas ( HUA ) . The judge forbade the government with reference to the self-determination to pass the data from the violent hooligans. The decision triggered in Argentina from a wave of protests and was picked up a week later .

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Also because of the Argentine Barras Bravas has launched the largest safety program , the Brazilian government , which it has ever been in the finals . 180,000 police to guarantee the rest of the twelve host cities around the games. The stringent provisions already apply since May 23 and will until July 18 , five days after the final , remain in force.

Will have addition to the notoriously troubled Rio de Janeiro, where the Press and the World Association during its seat World Cup , the Brazilians have mainly Belo Horizonte – 450 km north-west of Rio – identified as a hotspot of potential violence. There, the Argentine team moved into accommodation , and there are tens of thousands of supporters from the neighboring country are expected, including just the members of the 500 hardcore supporters’ clubs .

The Barras Bravas , such as ” wild clique ” , in Latin America a collective term for Ultra fans and violent hooligans. The Barras and its name originated decades ago in Argentina , where the phenomenon spread to Latin America. Nowhere, however, these fan clubs are as powerful as the country of origin , many of them are involved in corruption and illegal transactions , some closely related to the respective club’s management , others deserve to do transfers . Many Barras also have good contacts to the policy.

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