Queretaro fans banned, owners must sell club after a brutal mass brawl in Liga MX fixture against Atlas

Queretaro have been ordered to play their home games behind closed doors for a year, after a brutal mass brawl in Saturday’s Liga MX fixture against Atlas. The other sanctions imposed on Queretaro includes a 1.5m pesos ($70,150) fine, while the top four members of their management team — Gabriel Solares, Adolfo Ríos, Greg Taylor and Manuel Velarde — are banned from any future roles with other teams as the club returns to the previous ownership under Grupo Caliente.

Ad/> Grupo Caliente have until the end of this year to sell the club, and should they fail to do so, it will be operated under the ownership of Liga MX. Liga BBVA MX'There is no impunity' — Queretaro-Atlas abandoned after violent brawl erupts06/03/2022 AT 09:48 The punishments have been imposed by Mexico’s top-flight men’s football league and the country’s football federation, which have banned the club’s fans from attending games, while the fan clubs known as ‘barras’ will be prohibited from attending away games for three years.

Shocking mobile phone footage emerged of people being brutally beaten and Saturday’s match, which was suspended in the 62nd minute after mayhem broke out in the stands. Women and children were allowed out of the stadium by security staff, who opened up the gate to the pitch where the fighting quickly escalated.

People were seen armed with chairs and metal bars. Liverpool do it ugly, but what have you done Lewandowski? — The Warm-Up All eyes on Modric, Madrid’s vital cog for PSG clash amid suspensions and injuries There was also fighting in the tunnel, while a substitute bench was destroyed and a fan was seen using a knife to cut the net of one goal.