Overview
- The Copa Potrero elimination match between Cooperativa Libertad and La Banda del Moy in Bahía Blanca devolved into a field-wide fight that drew a 911 call and a Comisaría Primera response.
- Referee Victoria Cruz, 20, was knocked to the ground and injured, and player Rodrigo Ortega, 24, sustained groin and left‑leg injuries and was transported by ambulance to Hospital Penna.
- Police have reported no arrests or formal identifications so far as investigators analyze widely shared videos and images from the scene.
- Cruz has begun psychological treatment and, according to a local arbitration school director, underwent a head CT and is emotionally distressed.
- La Banda del Moy issued a public apology and pledged internal measures, and an unverified allegation about the team’s prior expulsions from amateur leagues is being noted in the inquiry.