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Atlas soccer fans battle police after quarter final defeat

Atlas soccer fans fought with police and trashed concessions stands in the wake of their team’s Liga Mx quarter-final defeat to Monterrey on Sunday.

Fans had filled Guadalajara’s Jalisco Stadium expecting their much improved team to pass comfortably through to the semi finals for the first time 11 seasons.

The disappointing 0-2 loss to Monterrey was the cue for dozens of fans to go on the rampage, and they began to hurl rocks and sticks at municipal police officers as they abandoned the stadium.  

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