What was supposed was a sports party and that painted to develop without major problems, ended up being another chapter in the history of violent events within the National League of Guatemala.
On the night of April 9, 2025, after the Deportivo Malacateco and Antigua GFC will face in the framework of day 17 of the Clausura 2025 tournament, it was recorded A violent fact which involved colonial players already alleged fans of the San Marcos team.
The football match that took place at the Santa Lucía stadium in Malacatán ended in a 1-1 draw after José Espinoza opened the scoreboard for the visit to the 75th minute, but then Yunior Pérez was in charge of 80 ‘to match the actions.
Everything seemed to end like this and will not speak again of both clubs until before their next game, but when Ancient GFC players were on their busviolent facts occurred that quickly went viral on social networks.
Why were the violent facts after the Malacateco vs. Antigua GFC?
In a video that went viral on social networks, he appreciates how a strong altercation was generated between colonial players and alleged local hobby.
Malacatán media were responsible for making the fact known and in preliminary versions they reported that it all started when antique players address the bus that would take them to their next destination.
A group of local fans would have arrived insult the colonial players and they got off the bus to face them, which caused the confrontation that was appreciated on social networks.
Shortly after the incident, the old GFC club published a statement where it gives its version of the events and indicates that its players reacted with blows because They were acting in personal defense.
“The events occurred on the outskirts of the Santa Lucía stadium in Malacatán, San Marcos, They had pure and exclusively to a defenseresponding to the direct and physical aggression caused by a rain of stones that impacted and broke the glass of the bus where the players, coaching staff and proprietary staff of our institution were placed, “says the club.
“The GFC old club repudiates the facts of violence by Malacatán’s fans, and also strongly rejects the accusations of the reason for our squad’s reactions,” he continues.
In addition, the team shared a photograph of the visibly damaged team bus and also reported that they were not guarded by police elements since they were protecting the referees, who according to the statement, were being attacked by the same alleged fans of Malacateco.