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Originally Posted by NBC
Having said that, supporter violence is endemic to the sport, globally. No where more evident than in South America where buses are overturned, pitches are invaded bi-weekly and people are killed on an astonishing basis.
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You definitely aren't wrong but it depends. I haven't been to a game in Argentina yet so I will reserve judgement, but I went to the Chilean league final in the capital Santiago 3 years ago and other than a few idiots that didn't have tickets clashing with police, nothing happened. I live in Sao Paulo now and went to Morumbi stadium for the Libertadores return leg between Sao Paulo and Internacional. Nothing happened and it was a close game where the home team lost. Internacional had their supporters in a small corner of the stadium but they were free to cheer and nothing happened. Same setup in chile. I know it happens here and sometimes quite fiercely but luckily I haven't seen it yet.