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Unprecedented security for El Clasico
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AN unprecedented series of security measures will be put in place for tomorrow’s opening La Liga ‘El Clasico’ between Real Madrid and Barcelona in response to the attacks that killed 129 people in Paris last week.
The exact number of security personnel was to be ironed out at a meeting yesterday between representatives of both clubs, police and local and national government.
“Security will be greatly reinforced. There will be a lot of security personnel to control not only the access to the stadium, but also the outskirts and the transport that will bring fans to the stadium,” said Spanish Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz.
Spain’s anti-violence commission met with political, police and sporting authorities on Wednesday and declared the match as “high risk”, which is customary for the biggest games in La Liga, especially those between eternal rivals Real and Barcelona.
However, the events in Paris, allied to a terror threat level of four out of a maximum five in Spain, means that the security measures have “no precedent for the celebration of sporting events”, according to Francisco Martinez Vazquez, secretary of state for security.
No official figures have yet been released, but according to reports in the Spanish media, there will be a triple ring of security around Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium with over 1,500 police, who will be armed with horses, dogs and metal detectors.
A capacity crowd of 81,000 is expected to attend the match widely seen as the biggest in the world with an estimated television audience of 500 million.
The Stade de France, where an 80,000 crowd was watching France host Germany, was one of a series of targets across the French capital last Friday.
As a result of the increased terror threat, Spain’s friendly in Belgium was postponed on Tuesday, as was Germany’s clash with the Netherlands due to a bomb threat in Hanover.
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