Abstract
Football is a massive sport on which supporters' clubs are one of its keystone pillars. Supporters' groups have different shapes, between them "Barras bravas" are the most notorious because they stood out with his ‘festive behaviour' and violent attitudes. This paper seeks to demonstrate that the fan empathize with the Football club allows to develop – using the sport competition – the Football rivalry and, besides, the live of the "Barras bravas" turned this rivalry in verbal and physical confrontation named, between them, as "combate" (kind of competition). Those who participate on "combates" are recognized because they showed his "aguante" (kind of resistance). This kind of expressions can be understood as violent attitudes in the Football life.
KEYWORDS
Football; "Aguante"; Violence; "Barra brava"