Soccer - Taca Guanabara - Final - Vasco da Gama v Fluminense - Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - February 17, 2019 Players of Fluminense pose in the empty stadium due to a one-match ban for soccer fans REUTERS/Alexandre Loureiro
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian football had another day of unprecedented chaos on Sunday when fans were allowed into the Maracana Stadium midway through the first half after a judge lifted a ban imposed when rival sides could not agree in which end their fans would sit.
The gates were opened around 30 minutes into a Rio state championship final to allow thousands of Vasco da Gama supporters, and a few from rivals Fluminense, into the ground.
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