Reasons for the suspension

The match between Deportivo Independiente Medellín (DIM) and Flamengo, for Matchday 4 of Copa Libertadores Group A, was interrupted on Thursday in the fourth minute due to disturbances in one of the stands at Medellín’s Atanasio Girardot Stadium.

Fans of the Colombian club, protesting the team’s poor form after being eliminated from the local league last Sunday, launched pyrotechnics from the north stand, causing heavy smoke that reduced visibility on the pitch; they also threw objects and attempted to invade the field.

As a result, match referee Jesús Valenzuela of Venezuela decided to stop the game and both teams returned to the locker rooms.

So far, neither CONMEBOL nor the clubs have issued a statement regarding the incident.

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