Pitched battle at the Maracana: Flamengo-Vasco ends with injuries

Flamengo does not raise its head and the start of 2023 continues to be irregular for the last champions of the Libertadores. And the discomfort of the fans was reflected in the match against Vasco da Gamawhich remained with the classic of the city of Rio de Janeiro by 1 to 0. Mengao crashed at the Maracanà for the tenth day of the Carioca Championship and it was a pitched battle after the game.

This Sunday, at least two fans were injured, one seriouslyduring a brawl between Flamengo and Vasco da Gama fans in and around the Maracanã stadium.

In the videos posted on social media, hundreds of fans of the rowdy teams are seen screaming near the stadium, while the sounds of gunfire can be heard and the smoke from the gases dispersed by the shock police can be seen relegating them.

In one of them you can see one of the fans, lying on the ground completely naked and unconsciouswhile Flamengo fans chant “one more, one more”.

The most violent events took place in Sao Cristobal, a neighborhood near the Maracana, where fans also attacked the police and tried to destroy one of their vehicles.

The sector’s Metro Transport Service had to halt its operations due to the events and more uniformed personnel had to be called in to help contain the clashes.

Firefighters confirmed that the two injured were taken to a nearby hospital and their situation is not known. Gloves, pieces of sticks and even a homemade bomb were seized in Madureira, another neighborhood near the iconic stadium, according to the Specialized Stadium Policing Battalion (BEPE).

The riots were not seen only in the vicinity of the Maracana, but in other places in the city. In the Complexo do Alemao, a depressed conglomerate of favelas north of Rio, where poverty and violence abound, fans were also recorded with their faces covered by T-shirts, pieces of wood in their hands and throwing gunpowder.