Many fans went to the Maracana Stadium to watch Lionel Messi in his likely last match in Brazil, but things got delayed by insane violence in the stands.
Things became volatile at the Maracana Stadium during their game against Brazil.
The two sets of fans in the stand were involved in a fight that eventually led to the local police force using batons on fans.
The brawl between fans at Maracana Stadium delayed the start of the South American World Cup qualifying match between Argentina and Brazil for almost 30 minutes. Lionel Messi led his Argentina squad off the field and into the locker rooms after the players called for things to calm down.
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Goalkeeper Dibu Martinez raced to one of the rails in front of the Argentina fans to urge police to stop the violence. Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez tried to grab a police officer’s baton in an apparent attempt to stop attacks on fans.
Fans could be seen covered in blood as children were crying their eyes out about what they were seeing.
After the match, Lionel Messi condemned the actions of police at the Maracana Stadium on Tuesday night, saying that the violent tactics used by Brazilian authorities against Argentina supporters could’ve ended in tragedy.
“It was bad because we saw how they were beating people,” Messi said, according to BBC Sport.
Argentina won Tuesday’s match 1-0 to maintain its place atop the CONMEBOL qualifying table.
