Twitter is erupting with news that ahead of the Group B World Cup showdown with Spain, Chile fans have breached stadium security and are storming the stadium.
Reports are flying in from a number of respected outlets, including Gabrielle Marcotti, Rafael Hongistein and Telegraph Sport, that dozens of Chile fans without tickets broke through a fence and charged into the stadium via the main press center.
While in the press center, holes were punched in walls and media stations were toppled, all the result of a failure in security measures ahead of one of the most anticipated matches of the group stage.
A number of the Chile fans were detained by security while others seemed to have made it into the stands after breaking a temporary barrier. One fan, a Chilean woman, was injured and reportedly taken outside in a wheelchair.
More to follow but for now, these tweets paint the picture...
Chile fans breach security... Try to break into ground
— Gabriele Marcotti (@Marcotti) June 18, 2014
Sitdown protest in belly of Maracana... This is nuts ... Waiting for tropa do choque pic.twitter.com/DraoJ3QAGP
— Gabriele Marcotti (@Marcotti) June 18, 2014
Literally punched hole in wall pic.twitter.com/zeMsC1kUWP
— Gabriele Marcotti (@Marcotti) June 18, 2014
Two walls now collapsed pic.twitter.com/CKTgdgiYjG
— Dion Fanning (@dionfanning) June 18, 2014
Total chaos at Maracana as dozens of Chile fans break through fences + charge into press centre. pic.twitter.com/zl9cCBJFlB
— Martyn Ziegler (@martynziegler) June 18, 2014
That was my seat... pic.twitter.com/njawG7hCjU
— Raphael Honigstein💙 (@honigstein) June 18, 2014
Chile fans being led away from press room by police:http://t.co/xgO7d14JPz
— Telegraph Sport (@TelegraphSport) June 18, 2014
Scene from Maracana media center, where #CHI fans overran security. Hopefully no injuries. (Pic via @MatthewStanger) pic.twitter.com/hQRDcQXuX4
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 18, 2014
Chile fans cause chaos as they storm Maracana media centre ahead of Spain clash http://t.co/ICkOlIPtRn pic.twitter.com/krq7M3btZm
— Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) June 18, 2014
