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Boca Juniors fans get ban after River Plate incident

Boca Juniors supporter Adrian Panadero Napolitano was processed on Tuesday with restrictive orders due to his involvement in an incident this past May when their Copa Libertadores match against River Plate turned violent.

Judge Wilma Lopez sentenced a total of four fans after they apparently cut an opening in a tunnel put up to protect players as they entered the field and filled it with pepper spray or mace to spray at their opponents.

River players stumbled onto the field to start the second half of the scoreless match covering their faces, rubbing their eyes and dousing themselves with bottles of water.

The players then huddled together at the center of Boca's compact La Bombonera stadium, seeking refuge alongside police and officials who waited more than an hour before suspending the game.

The four fans will potentially be completely banned from the stadium and any other location at which Boca Juniors matches can be viewed.

Following the incident, Boca Juniors was expelled from Copa Libertadores and ordered to play their next four continental home games behind closed doors. The club may have no traveling supporters at their next four continental away games, and must pay a $200,000 fine.

La resolución de la jueza de instrucción Wilma López incluyó el procesamiento de otros tres barras bravas del club de la Ribera.