(Reuters) - Chile's president Gabriel Boric criticised violence in stadiums after the derby between Universidad de Chile and Universidad Catolica was suspended on Sunday due to disorder, fireworks and noise bombs in the stands of the Estadio Municipal Ester Roa Rebolledo in Concepcion.
The National Professional Football Association said they will reschedule the match without spectators, as they will also request a meeting with the President to work against violence.
"We join the words of the President of the Republic, so that those responsible for these events receive the full weight of the law, requesting his support to combat these acts of violence, which escape the normal regulations... and require the work of all sectors," the ANFP said in a statement on Sunday.
The lack of control by police and clubs has turned stadiums into hostile territory and has become one of the biggest problems in Chilean football.
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