Jose Gimenez yelled to the police over the unattractive occurrence.

After defending his family from Colombian supporters, DARWIN NUNEZ gave his small son a hug on the pitch.

In a heated Copa America semifinal, Uruguay lost 1-0 before ugly incidents spoiled the match.

4Darwin Nunez hugs his young sonCredit: X4The Liverpool forward was in the middle of the brawlCredit: Getty4Fights broke out in the stands after a brutal semi-finalCredit: EPA4Lorena Manas gave birth to Darwin Jr in 2022Credit: Instagram / @darwin_n9Players were spotted rushing to the stands shortly after being kicked out, and clashes broke out between opposing fan bases.Nunez, who is wed to Lorena Manas, was there in the middle of it, seemingly trading blows with Colombian supporters.The Liverpool forward was spotted comforting his young boy on the pitch, and players later disclosed that they were defending their families.After the dramatic scenes, he was clearly upset as he clutched on to Darwin, the two-year-old.Jose Gimenez, a defender for Uruguay, said: “It was a tragedy. We had to protect our families since there were no police.”This is the result of two or three people having one too many drinks.”A certain sector of the Colombian fans made an avalanche where our loved ones were.”Supporters of Colombia flocked to Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte to witness a furious match that resulted in six yellow cards and one red.After Daniel Munoz was sent off, Colombia played the second half with 10 men, but they managed to hold on after Crystal Palace’s Jefferson Lerma scored the game’s lone goal after 39 minutes.According to the Uruguayan publication El Pais, the event caused injuries to a few of midfielder Manuel Ugarte’s family.Eventually, Nunez, Gimenez, and Ronald Araujo were removed from the opposing fans by security.Journalist Favian Renkel claims that in order to protect their safety, the families of the Uruguayan players were led out of the stadium through a separate exit.Giminez, a defender for Atletico Madrid, became enraged by the lack of security surrounding the players’ families.He added, ‘They won’t allow us talk into the microphone, so let me say something before they cut you off.They want me to keep quiet about what’s happening, but this is a catastrophe.”Please be careful, our families are in the stands, there are little newborn babies.”Sergio Rochet, the stopper for Uruguay, justified the actions of his teammates by stating, “This could have been avoided.””I assumed that this originated from the seats where the players’ families were seated.”We wanted to take our families out of there when you see them there.”The tragic images were not visible to Uruguay manager Marcelo Bielsa because he had already arrived at the dressing room.He said: “I thought that the incident ended with some argument on the midfield and when I saw that happening I went to the locker room.”I assumed they were expressing gratitude to the supporters.

“But then I learned that there were some problems over there, unfortunately.”

Colombia play Argentina in the final, which will take place in the early hours of Sunday morning.