Stephen Dunmoye
Following a 1-0 Home loss to World champions, Argentina at the Maracana stadium on Tuesday night, Brazil is at the verge of loosing 2026 World Cup qualification.
It is the first time ever that Brazil will lose a home game in the World Cup qualifiers.
Former Manchester City defender Nicolas Otamendi scored the only goal of the game on 63 minutes after jumping to head home a corner.
It is now third straight defeat for Brazil who had earlier lost to Uruguay and Colombia.
Argentina leads South American World Cup qualifying with 15 points from six games while Brazil is in sixth position.
However, there was trouble on the stands as Lionel Messi led his Argentina lineup off the field because of a brawl between rival fans in Brazil.
This led to a delay before the start of the game by 27 minutes at the Maracana Stadium.
Police used batons to break up the fights in the crowd, which started minutes after the national anthems.
Parts of seating and other objects were thrown from both sides and hit some spectators behind one of the goals, and at least one fan left the stadium bleeding from his head.
Argentina returned after 22 minutes in the locker rooms, and warmed up for several minutes before the game was finally started.
