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Atletico Madrid banned the radical far-right group Atletico Front from the stadium yesterday for their involvement in the brutal fight on Sunday which left one man dead.
Jimmy Romero, a member of Deportivo La Coruna’s left-wing ultra group Riazor Blues, died when Atletico Front and Riazor Blues attacked each other before Sunday’s clash beween Atletico and Deportivo.
Atletico said in a statement: “Among those identified are 15 people who say they are Atletico Madrid supporters, of which seven were club members. Those members have been expelled immediately.”
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