Chile Fans Storm World Cup Stadium to See Sold-Out Match

RIO DE JANEIRO — It was a scary moment outside Maracanã Stadium about an hour ahead of the Spain-Chile match on Wednesday after a mob of around 100 fans wearing Chilean soccer jerseys overran World Cup security officials and broke through an entrance to storm the park

FIFA officials said the fans, who did not have tickets, forced their way into the stadium to see the sold-out match. Most of the World Cup fans ran into the media center — it was the closest door to the stadium entrance through which they broke — because they apparently thought it would lead them into the grandstands

That led to a chaotic scene of broken glass and a destroyed temporary wall in the media center Read more...