Barça shut Gol 1957 stand for Alavés after Camavinga flagpole attack

📰 Barcelona have shut their Gol 1957 supporters' section for one game after the trouble at El Clásico. 📌 Key points 🚫 Barça's board will keep Gol 1957 closed for the Alavés game. 🚩 A fan there allegedly hit Camavinga with a flagpole at the Clásico. 📋 LaLiga sent 17 incidents from the match to the disciplinary committee. 🧴 Bottles, cans and lighters were thrown, halting play for 1 minute 20 seconds. 🔓 The club wants the stand reopened for Aston Villa on 3 November. 📝 What happened 🚩 During Real Madrid's celebrations of their second goal at Camp Nou on 25 October, a fan in the Gol 1957 section reportedly leaned over the railing and struck Eduardo Camavinga with a flagpole. The supporter has been identified. 🧴 Bottles, metal cans, lighters and a vape were also thrown from the same area. No player was hurt, but play was stopped for 1 minute 20 seconds and the referee included it in his report. 📋 On 26 October LaLiga said it had passed 17 incidents to the Spanish federation's disciplinary and anti-violence committees: 10 involving Barcelona fans and seven involving Real Madrid fans, all of the latter insulting chants. Barcelona fans also aimed insults at José Mourinho. 🚫 On 29 October Joan Laporta's board decided not to open Gol 1957 for the Alavés game. The club said open disciplinary cases against it and some members, for conduct contrary to the values of sport, expose it to financial sanctions. 📊 By the numbers • 17 incidents reported by LaLiga (10 Barça fans, 7 Real Madrid fans) • Play halted for 1 minute 20 seconds • Closure: one game, against Alavés 🔭 Why it matters LaLiga's report is not yet a sanction. The disciplinary committee could still fine Barcelona or go further, and the club has acted first to limit the damage. Barça plan to talk to the stand's representatives and want Gol 1957 fully operational for the Champions League home game against Aston Villa on 3 November, calling the section "an asset we want to preserve".