Lionel Messi Soccer Match Delayed By Wild, Bloody Brawl In Stands

A wild battle broke out simply earlier than Lionel Messi‘s sport on Tuesday evening … and the brawl grew to become so giant and so bloody — the soccer star’s match was really delayed so police may get every part below management.

The skirmish within Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro initially began because the nationwide anthems for Brazil and Argentina had been enjoying simply earlier than their World Cup qualifier match kicked off.

Video from the scene exhibits followers from each groups who had been seated close to one another within the venue started whaling on one another … and, rapidly, it changed into a large fracas.

Grown males had been seen coated in blood … whereas kids sitting close by had been in tears. At one level in the course of the motion, authorities had to make use of batons on spectators to attempt to management the outburst.

Messi and different gamers on the pitch, in the meantime, ultimately made their method over to the realm of the combatants — and pleaded with everybody to relax.

In the end, the soccer icon led his workforce off the sphere and again into the locker room … earlier than returning roughly half an hour later to play after the preventing had tailed off.

Messi’s Argentinian squad ended up besting Brazil, 1-0 … however the 36-year-old needed to go away the competition early as a consequence of a groin harm.

Afterward, he informed reporters he was grateful the state of affairs within the stands did not escalate even additional than it did.

“There could have been a disaster,” Messi stated.