1/33An Argentine fan receives a punch in the face from a Brazilian police officer in the midst of the brutal attack on the Scaloneta fans at the Maracaná. Photo: AFP
2/33The fierce aggression of the Brazilian police against the Argentine fans at the Maracaná. Photo: Marcelo Carroll
3/33The classic was delayed half an hour due to the repression of visiting supporters who were mixed with the locals. Photo: Marcelo Carroll
4/33The brutality of the Brazilian Police in action: a fan lying about to receive a blow from a man in the middle of the stands. Photo: AFP
5/33Due to police repression, the bullfights began in the stands. Photo: Marcelo Carroll
6/33The police pay people with batons in the stands. Photo: Marcelo Carroll
7/33The Argentine players approached the fans and asked for calm. Photo: Marcelo Carroll
8/33There was dialogue between the Argentine players and the Stadium security. Photo: Marcelo Carroll
9/33The police repressed the Argentine fans minutes before the start of the match. Photo: Marcelo Carroll
10/33The Argentine players approached the stands to ask for calm. Photo: Marcelo Carroll
11/33Argentine fans ask the police to stop their violence before the match against Brazil at the Maracana. AFP Photo
12/33The Brazilian police only repressed the Argentine fans who were beaten to death before the start of the classic at the Maracaná. AFP Photo
13/33-Argentine fans seek refuge in the midst of brutal repression under the atonic gaze of Fabián “El Ratón” Ayala, a member of the coaching staff, at the Maracaná. Photo EFE
14/33The Brazilian security forces repressed the Argentine fans in the stands and only generated more violence in a match that almost did not begin to be played. Reuters Photo
15/33An Argentine fan who fled the stands as best she could with her little baby. They went to see a party and suffered some grief in Rio de Janeiro. EFE/ Andre Coelho
16/33Emiliano “Dibu” Martinez gets involved in the incidents and stops the Brazilian police from attacking him. Reuters Photo
17/33The Argentine fans crouching ask the police to stop the repression. They respond with more blows. AFP Photo
18/33The organization had placed the Argentine fans surrounded by Brazilians and without a security cordon as a prevention. The first provocation resulted in pushing, hitting and police repression against the Albiceleste fans. Photo: AFP
19/33The world champion players ask the police to stop the brutal repression. Photo: EFE
20/33The Brazilians’ clubs were drawn to mercilessly beat the fans of the Argentine National Team. Photo: AP
21/33There were blows, punches, kicks, hangings. There were scenes of unusual violence against the visiting fans. Photo: AFP
22/33More blows in the stands: the repression of the fans lasted more than 10 minutes and was brutal. Photo: AFP
23/33An Argentine fan who confronted the police is beaten to the ground by troops. Photo: AFP
24/33Another snapshot of the brutality of the Brazilian police against the Argentine fans Photo: AFP
25/33An injured Argentine fan is taken from the stands by the military police of Rio de Janeiro. Photo: AFP
26/33Brazil’s coach, Fernando Diniz, tries to calm down the national team’s masseuse Marcelo “Dady” D’Andrea who went up to the stands to stop the police from beating the Argentinians.
27/33The stands were also full of Brazilian fans who fled in terror amid the incidents. Many were women and small children. Photo: AP
28/33Argentine and Brazilian fans try to flee from the stands amid the incidents. Reuters Photo
29/33The incidents began when Brazil fans whistled the Argentine anthem, there was pushing, seats were blown up, and then the police came in to literally beat the Argentinians to death. AFP Photo
30/33The moment in which the incidents broke out with the Brazilian police who reacted with brutality. Lionel Messi took the team off the field to ask for security for the fans. AFP Photo
31/33Helmet flying, blows and blows, a sad postcard of the violence in the stands of Rio de Janeiro. AFP Photo
32/33The fans ask the police to stop the repression and only receive blows in response at the Maracaná in the Argentina-Brazil preview. AFP Photo
33/33One more image of the brutal repression of Argentine fans before the match that the National Team beat Brazil 1-0 at the Macaraná in an unprecedented event in qualifying rounds. Reuters Photo