The Brazil-Argentina match was delayed by 30 minutes due to incidents between supporters in the stands on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro. Lionel Messi’s teammates finally won 1-0.
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An eventful evening at the Macarana. The 2026 World Cup qualifying match between Brazil and Argentina, which saw the Albiceleste win 0-1, started almost 30 minutes late on Tuesday, November 21, due to clashes between supporters in bleachers.
The Argentine players, reigning world champions, left the pitch momentarily and returned to the locker room shortly after the fight, which began during the national anthems and was put down by a muscular intervention by the police. The association of Brazilian supporters groups (Anatorg) had nevertheless warned the day before of the risks of the absence of a sector reserved for Argentine supporters at the Maracana. Most of them were concentrated behind one of the goals, in the middle of the Brazilian public.
Returning to the field, Lionel Messi’s teammates were freed by a goal of Nicolas Otamendi in the 63rd minute. They inflict on Brazil the first home defeat in its history in qualifying for a World Cup.
Thanks to this victory, the Albiceleste remains at the top of the qualifiers South Americans and revives after its defeat against Uruguay on Friday. Brazil, for its part, is sinking into crisis with a third defeat in a row after its setbacks against Uruguay (2-0) last month and against Colombia (2-1) on November 17.
