Three people were hospitalized in serious condition after violent fights that took place between Sunday, December 8th dozens of supporters during a match of the Brazilian Championship soccer between Atletico Paranaense and Vasco da Gama, threatened with relegation.
Supporters of the two clubs began to beat and kicked and punched in the stands at the 17th minute of the match, while Atletico led 1-0.
Images show a twenty supporters Paranaense beat kicking a man who is down. We also see a group of supporters of Vasco de Gama to take a rival by crushing his neck and head as he appears already unconscious.
A helicopter Police landed on the ground to put an end to the fighting and come in aid to the wounded. The police intervened with a time delay, because safety match was under the responsibility of a private company contracted by the club Atletico, said the spokesman of the police, Adilson Moreira.
The military police should monitor outside the stadium, has he added. The match was interrupted for an hour before resuming .
It is sad to see such images when we talk about the next World Cup in the country, said technical director Vasco, Adilson Batista. His counterpart Paranaense Vagner Mancini said he had never seen such scenes .It made him wants to leave the stage and go home, he has said.
For a country which hosts the World Cup next year, it’s very sad, responded Alessandro, Vasco keeper. This stage is not clear.
The meeting was held in a small enclosure because the stage on which usually evolves the Paranaense is being refurbished in order to host four matches of the 2014 World Cup which begins on June 12 Paranaense finally won 5-1 and finished third in the championship while sealing the fate of Vasco, which is relegated to the second division.
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