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Flare furore forces Estudiantes abandonment

Lucchetti suffered "acoustic trauma on two occasions," Banfield's doctor Jorge Aguerreche said after the goalkeeper went down holding his ears from the explosions of two flares thrown from the home supporters' end of the ground early in the Apertura championship match.

"The two explosions [seven minutes apart] caused a state of general confusion [in Lucchetti] but he won't suffer consequences," Aguerreche told reporters outside the visitors' dressing room after the match was suspended in the 13th minute.

"Get down... get down or I'll beat you up," Veron shouted to fans who had clambered up the perimeter fencing. Strikers Gaston Fernandez and Mauro Boselli joined Veron in remonstrating with the fans from behind the goal after the second explosion.

"We're fighting against these groups [of hooligans] and it seems this is the price we have to pay [but] we'll continue to fight against [football] violence," Lombardi told match broadcasters TV Publica.

Three weeks ago, San Lorenzo's home match against All Boys was postponed after a "barra brava" hardcore fan attacked a player after a training session.

San Lorenzo, who have dropped into the bottom four in the parallel relegation standings after taking only one point in their last four matches, sacked coach Omar Asad after Sunday's 1-0 home defeat by Union.