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Copa Final: Miami’s Showcase for World Cup Collapses into Chaos
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0:59Now PlayingThe Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia was meant to be Miami’s dress rehearsal for the World Cup soccer tournament in the US. Hours before kickoff, it collapsed into chaos.
Gate crashers stormed Hard Rock Stadium in waves at multiple points Sunday night, climbing over steel fences, shimmying into breached ventilation ducts and rushing stadium access doors. Then, police and security locked the venue down, leaving throngs of anguished fans with tickets in a crush outside as the minutes before kickoff counted down.
“This is a tragedy; no, it’s utter chaos,” said Fernando Ugarte, 67, who’d traveled to Miami from Buenos Aires with his family, paying $4,700 per ticket. He stood outside the stadium after trying to push his way through the mob, only to be forced back as police in riot gear slammed shut the steel barriers. “I don’t know how they expect to pull off the World Cup because they clearly don’t know how to organize anything.”
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