Leo Messi on the brawl in the Argentina-Brazil game: ‘We saw they were hitting the people, they were more focused on that than the game’
Argentina captain Lionel Messi had to guide his teammates back to the locker room when 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 stationed at the venue opening up baton charge on the away fans.
Brazilian police giving a baton to a Brazilian fan so he could attack Argentinians.
This is crazy. Disgrace. pic.twitter.com/01ppZmVdqt
— All About Argentina 🛎🇦🇷 (@AlbicelesteTalk) November 22, 2023
“We saw how they were hitting the people, it already happened in the Libertadores final. They were more focused on that than on the game. We went to the locker room because it was the best way to calm everything down, a tragedy could have happened,” Messi sai...