Chile face Spain today in a Group B World Cup match and extraordinary scenes played out at the Maracana before the game. A group of Chilean fans stormed the stadium, apparently hoping to gain entrance to the match and ended up crashing the media center. Journalists and others at the stadium documented the wild scene.
This was the start of it. Maybe a dozen fans or so. Many more later. pic.twitter.com/Y1IlZpdW1n
— Greg Bishop (@GregBishopSI) June 18, 2014
Chaos in Maracana press area after wall collapses. pic.twitter.com/N6VM6arh5n
— Matthew Stanger (@MatthewStanger) June 18, 2014
It's a real mess here. Hopefully no one hurt. pic.twitter.com/8QJ4Shc3IA
— Matthew Stanger (@MatthewStanger) June 18, 2014
That was my seat… pic.twitter.com/njawG7hCjU
— Raphael Honigstein (@honigstein) June 18, 2014
Wide view of the Maracana media center scene, #CHI fans being detained after storming stadium gate. pic.twitter.com/UKSVWJFeMe
— Sam Laird (@samcmlaird) June 18, 2014
More damage. One volunteer quite upset trying to maintain order: "We are only three people!" pic.twitter.com/aPRJU0aDgN
— Eric Adelson (@eric_adelson) June 18, 2014
Uh, this is scary. http://t.co/XTmQJ91p52
— Devang Desai (@DesaiDevang) June 18, 2014
#Chi fans break into Maracanã and invade media centre before #Esp game http://t.co/HqdivMqoBn pic.twitter.com/ZtNngpm6Zx
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) June 18, 2014
Holy crap! Holy crap! pic.twitter.com/g81Xxo2vTT
— Graham Watson (@Yahoo_Graham) June 18, 2014
And finally after a few minutes of chaos it looks like things settled down at the Maracana media center…
#CHI fans being held. pic.twitter.com/MUE5Dm1RAD
— Sam Laird (@samcmlaird) June 18, 2014
Looking all clear now at Maracana media center. pic.twitter.com/R5LUwW3FbG
— Sam Laird (@samcmlaird) June 18, 2014
Thankfully at the moment it seems like nobody was seriously injured, but this will surely be a wake up call for tournament organizers at the venue that is scheduled to host the World Cup Final.
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