Overview

• Local reports attribute the blaze to pyrotechnics, with flames exceeding five meters and five fire companies dispatched near the Hotel Diego de Almagro.
• Carabineros intervened with water cannon as supporters threw objects during confrontations outside the team’s lodging.
• Estimates put the crowd at roughly 1,000–1,500 people gathered for the late‑night rally known locally as a hotelazo.
• Alianza Lima filed a formal complaint to CONMEBOL alleging hostile and xenophobic abuse upon arrival in La Serena, with no response from the confederation reported yet.
• The quarterfinal second leg will be played without spectators under existing CONMEBOL sanctions, which followed the earlier Independiente incident that led to the Argentine club’s disqualification.