Brazil is the host of 2014 FIFA world cup, so any kind of disturbance there is a big news nowadays. One of the surprising events happened in the final of Copa Sudamericana between Sao Paulo and Tigre in Brazil where players and official of Tigre have claimed to be beaten up by security personnel on gun point, so they had to boycott the field after half time. When they did not come into the field post half session, match was called off, and Sao Paulo was awarded the trophy. The whole incident looks very strange from outside, in a country where soccer is a religion and especially in the final of a league, how can it be possible that players of a team are so beaten up? Actually, this incident has been spread into the whole world as an eye opener about how things can change at the world cup. Tigre players claim that they were attacked by none other than security personnel right in their dressing rooms, including pointing guns on them. This is really a strange incident especially in a stadium filled with thousands of spectators.
After Tigre’s official filed a complaint of the matter, police is investigating the matter along with questing security officials who are accused of beating players. Another shocking news comes from FIFA den where its president Sepp Blatter clearly said that such cases where security officials becoming violent is a sign of warning for whole world, coz the same country is going to host soccer’s mega event in 2014. He said, “Such an incident that has just happened is a warning for organizers of the World Cup of what can happen.” Even the sports commentators were criticizing the incident by marking it as one of the darkest spot on Brazil’s image. One such commentator said, “What happened at the final was a serious setback to Brazil’s image as host of next years’ Confederations’ Cup and the World Cup.”
Tigre’s coach, Nestor Gorosito, who refused to take his team to the ground after what happened to them in the dressing room, said, “Rocks were hurled at the bus carrying the Argentine players to the stadium. They were not allowed to practice at the stadium and the team’s private guards were reported to have threatened the Argentine players with guns. These barbaric things took place all the time last century between the 1920s and 1970s. It is a sad return through the tunnel of time to the deplorable past of South American football.” So, be prepared to witness more such crackers from a world cup’s host in coming days.