Late Tuesday, Atletico Madrid announced that the ‘Frente Atletico’ have been expelled from the Vicente Calderon following the events on Sunday which led to the death of a 43-year-old Deportivo de la Coruna fan.

The club released a statement on its official website which read: “Given the serious events that took place in Madrid Rio in the hours prior to the Atletico de Madrid – Deportivo de la Coruna match last Sunday, Club Atletico de Madrid immediately created a specific commission to analyze everything that happened and take the appropriate measures.”

“As proven by the police and as shown in the report, the persons identified who were involved in the incidents and who did so in an organized and pre-planned way, were members of the ‘Frente Atletico’.

“As such, the club has taken the decision to expel the ‘Frente Atletico’ as an official supporters club with effect from today, and as a consequence to cease any relationship with this group.”

In the hours before Sunday’s match between Atletico Madrid and Deportivo, fighting between the Frente Atletico (ultras group of Atletico Madrid) and Riazor Blues (ultras group of Deportivo de la Coruna) took place near the Vicente Calderon.

A 43-year-old man – who has been identified as Francisco Javier Romero Taboada – passed away at Madrid’s Hospital Clinico San Carlos after being pulled out of the Manzanares river having suffeed from cardiac arrest, hypothermia and head injuries.

Twenty-one people were taken into custody and 100 troublemakers were identified by Spanish police. According to data from the National Police, those arrested were members of the Frente Atletico, the Raizor Blues, Alkor Hooligans (ultras group of AD Alcorcon) and two Bukaneros (ultras of Rayo Vallecano).

Deportivo de La Coruna president Tino Fernandez has followed suit with Atletico Madrid and confirmed that there would be no more members of the ‘Raizor Blues’ allowed in his club’s stadium.

Sky Sports Spanish football expert Guillem Balague gave more insight to the event while speaking on Revista de la Liga this weekend. Balague describes a failure by authorities to identify the threat of violence leading up to the match, as well as Spanish officials inability to communicate between one another in order to cancel the fixture.

The Spanish football expert also does a fantastic job of explaining what ‘ultras’ are:

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