Football was not played in Argentina on Friday.
The attempted assassination of the suspected vice president of state canceled the matches.
Violence in any form is never the right way.writes the Argentine Football Association.
A suspected assassination attempt on Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner rocks Argentina.
When Fernandez de Kirchner, who herself ruled Argentina for two terms, got out of her car outside her home in Buenos Aires, a man shoved his way out of a crowd and pointed a gun at her head.
National Day
Despite the gun being fired, no bullets exploded, but President Alberto Fernandez described the incident as an assassination attempt and “the most serious incident since Argentina’s restoration of democracy in 1983.”
The pictures that spread about the accident also affected sports in the football-mad country.
At the same time that the president declared Friday a national holiday, the Argentine Football Association also decided to cancel all football matches.
Matches canceled
The decision meant, among other things, that many matches in the Argentine league were postponed forward, but matches at the lower level were also cancelled.
“The Argentine Football Association rejects in the worst way what the country’s vice-president was subjected to”The association writes on its website.
“We also want to tell the whole community that violence in any form is never the right way to go.”
A 35-year-old man, a Brazilian citizen, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.