Speaks the footballer who saw horror in Indonesia's tragedy

The player directly experienced what happened last night at the “Kenjuhan” stadium in the province of “Oriental Java”, in a football match, where Armaa was defeated 3-2 by Persebaya Surabaya.

Two weeks ago we knew we'd play this game, but neither do their fans come to our stadium, nor do ours go to their stadium. During the week, much was already discussed in our stadium and rivalry. This challenge was discussed throughout the city, as it was a game that went beyond three points. It was a match of life and death, stated Abel Chamará.

Before the match started, there was already confusion at the entrance of the opposing team. When the match ended, rival players left the stadium for about 10 minutes in armoured cars. Meanwhile, we went to apologize to our fans, because we lost the derby, and at that very moment they started climbing the surrounding fence in the field. The police asked us to go to the dressing rooms because they could lose control of the situation sooner or later”.

Abel Camará went on to say: “We closed in the dressing room, as fans tried to get in there. We had to put a nag table inside to lock the door. Many fans managed to get into our dressing room and ended up dead there”.

How did you experience that moment?

I'd never been through anything like that. At that moment you just think that nothing happened to you physically. When it was all over, I saw the worst. We were leaving the dressing rooms and started seeing a lot of blood, shoes, sneakers, clothes everywhere, policemen commenting that their two colleagues were dead. I don't wish this to anyone. While we were inside the dressing room, we were afraid of life because 40 or 50,000 people outside wanted our heads.

Was this the worst moment of your life?

I've never lived a moment like this, ever. N3 were afraid of our lives and unable to do anything, we cowed in corners like rats.

Will this serious psychological milestone leave you?

It's not healthy or safe to be like this, in a country where at any moment fans want to hit the players. So when the times of mourning are over, I'm going to talk to the club's managing board and decide about the future. /f.a/abcnews. al