Copa America: Nunez and Bentancur in altercation with fans after Uruguay exit

Premier League stars Darwin Nunez and Rodrigo Bentancur were progressive successful an disfigured altercation pinch fans aft Uruguay mislaid their Copa America semi-final to Colombia connected Wednesday night.

The Liverpool striker was pictured fighting pinch fans successful nan stands astatine nan Bank of America Stadium successful Charlotte, North Carolina, soon aft nan last whistle ensured a 1-0 triumph for Colombia which sent them done to look Argentina successful Monday’s final.

Uruguayan outlet El País reported problem collapsed retired adjacent to wherever friends and family members of nan Uruguay squad were seated.

TV cameras and mobile telephone footage from fans appeared to show Nunez climbing disconnected nan transportation and into nan guidelines earlier confronting fans arsenic others tried to clasp him backmost while Tottenham midfielder Bentancur, who was forced disconnected pinch wounded during nan game, was seen to propulsion astatine slightest 1 drinks vessel from nan broadside of nan transportation into nan area wherever nan problem was unfolding.

That was nan 2nd vessel he had thrown.

The first vessel (a achromatic vessel pinch water/ice) deed his OWN unit personnel (the man successful bluish conscionable successful beforehand of him who is being taken disconnected pinch nan manus connected his face)…

You tin spot Bentancur connected nan correct (black shirt/red bib) pinch nan bottle. pic.twitter.com/VTSRVNhxOV

— L10/M (@ASTOUNDlNGMessi) July 11, 2024

The scenes followed confrontations connected nan transportation betwixt players and unit from some sides aft nan game, which was settled by a solitary extremity from Crystal Palace midfielder Jefferson Lerma six minutes earlier half-time.

Uruguay skipper Jose María Gimenez claimed players were trying to take sides their families and said nan segment was a ‘disaster.’

He told property agency Reuters: “There were nary constabulary and we had to take sides our families. This is nan responsibility of 2 aliases 3 group who had a fewer excessively galore drinks and don’t cognize really to drink.”

Nunez was shown connected TV comforting his young boy connected nan transportation aft nan incident.

Darwin consoling 1 of his children aft HE himself had to spell conflict Colombian fans because location was nary information and bring his family to nan field.#Uruguay #Colombia #CopaAmerica pic.twitter.com/lSAtaq9IbQ

— Favian Renkel (@FavianRenkel) July 11, 2024

South American football’s governing assemblage Conmebol has launched an investigation into nan scenes and ‘strongly condemned’ nan incident and said it would motorboat an investigation.

“There is nary spot for intolerance and unit connected and disconnected nan field,” a connection said.

The US will co-host nan 2026 World Cup on pinch Mexico and Canada, pinch 11 US stadiums playing big to fixtures, though Charlotte is not 1 of them.

Colombia will look World Cup holders Argentina successful Monday night’s showpiece successful Miami – wherever Argentina skipper Lionel Messi plays his nine shot successful nan MLS.