“It seems they continue to sell their brand, but these are hysterics, they are finished” | Relief

The picture becomes cyclical: from time to time, the few that remain from the Ultras Sur group demonstrates its symbols and its songs always outside the stadium. Santiago Bernabeu. Last Saturday, in the midst of the League championship celebrations, a video went viral in which they could be seen, many with their faces open, without hiding their most typical symbols and songs, which is what they do on the field in order to avoid elimination. . According to police sources, they about 200although the truly dangerous core is concentrated in a much smaller circle.

They will appear again now, before the game against Bayern Munich. “This is a residual action, paripe, because in fact they are already finished.”, explain sources from Antiviolencia a Relevo. “Historic people often don’t even play football anymore, but it’s true that some younger people are emerging with a certain sense of belonging. These performances always take place in big games or are very poorly controlled, never in a stadium, almost always in “his“street (Marceliano Santamaria) and very rarely with violence. It’s a way to maintain your brand so you can continue to sell.”

In fact, the data is: Since the 2017/18 season they have not entered the Santiago Bernabeu as a group.. This happened the last time in a friendly match. tribute to Santiago Bernabeu and in the match of the Spanish national team. Its activity is largely focused on some travel and has also declined sharply since 2015-16, although it does see a slight rebound since the pandemic. Of course, those who are members and are not sanctioned for anything continue to gain access, or those who obtain tickets legally but were never part of the group and have since been identified as Ultras Sur.

The last act of violence recorded by the group was in the 22-23 Copa del Rey final on May 6 last year, when they faced radicals from Osasuna. In addition, flares are used more or less regularly in Calle Marceliano Santamaria, where they have been called out eight times in recent months: six of them in Champions League matches and two in La Liga, against Barcelona and Atlético Madrid.

“It is impossible to think that they will disappear completely. But what has been achieved: they are within socially acceptable limits.. Dealing with flares is difficult because not only in the area around Real Madrid, but in many other places, if 200 people take out a flare, the problem that trying to turn it off becomes much bigger. As a result, a decisive battle can be staged,” police sources say. In fact, they are responsible for controlling everything that happens outside the stadiums, which is currently the only recorded source of violence.

In fact, the provisions of the Anti-Violence Law does not prohibit glare as such. Of course, they cannot be lit inside fields and cannot pose a danger to other people, which allows a certain margin of freedom of movement for some types of celebrations, although it is always difficult to avoid burns or similar injuries, which in any case would justify police action to eliminate them and prevent them work.

Ultra brand fight for money

In the environment In 2013, a fight takes place in Ultra Sur that marks the reality of what is left of them at this point. Government coup” within their organization, in which some young members forcibly overpowered veterans, and some of them escaped gunfire at the last moment. The reason was much more mundane than football: money control.

Now, 11 years later, the truth is that from an economic point of view they are terrible: they sell membership cards for 40 euros or so. merchandising in your email account, such as T-shirts or sweatshirts, but They no longer have club tickets or any assistance. to increase your money muscle. Florentino Perez more or less effectively dismissed them.

This is where these public displays come from, beyond a sense of belonging or how they understand their love for football: “It’s hysterics. They serve to give them the feeling that they are still active and can use the few resources they have left.” Florentino, he kicked them out, and the truth is. the most representative ones don’t even go to the stadium anymore“The same sources say.

“This is what they have left: typhus, a tribute to one of their members, fires outside the stadium… because they are not going to go back inside,” he says. At least not as part of a group. Yes, I was isolated incident during the last Madrid derby between two old acquaintances: one of them is the president of the La Clásica group, Carlos Clara, who fought with a member of Ultras Sur. Real Madrid’s internal rules are pending application in this incident, which was recorded by its monitoring devices. At the moment, Clara continues to be very active in the voting for members of the delegates, in which she was among the candidates.