Sections of Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro descended into chaos and violence ahead of a South American World Cup qualifier between Argentina and Brazil, delaying the match for 27 minutes and sending the Argentinian team back to its locker room.
Sections of Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro descended into chaos and violence ahead of a South American World Cup qualifier between Argentina and Brazil, delaying the match for 27 minutes and sending the Argentinian team back to its locker room.
The match, which was set to start at 7:30 p.m. ET, didn’t get underway until roughly 8 p.m. after things in the stands calmed down.
Argentinian and Brazilian fans seated close to one another began to fight and had to be separated by security, leading to more violence, according to video from the fray.
