Brazil fans swear at Argentinian players after Scola, Huertas ask crowd to be civil
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Argentina and Brazil are bitter rivals across the sports world. They have very passionate fan bases, with one fight having already broken out at a tennis match in Rio.
So, ahead of their big Group B matchup Saturday, the team's respective captains Luis Scola and Marcelo Huertas preached sportsmanship when asking the crowd to keep things civil.
Rough translation from staffer of that pre-Argentina/Brazil speech from Scola & Huertas: we're brothers & sisters, enjoy in Olympic spirit
— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) August 13, 2016
Some members in the audience didn't seem to get the memo, as Brazilian fans reportedly hurled obscenities at Argentinian players, including Scola.
Just informed by Brazilian reporter was BRA fans are yelling: Basically they screamed "(Bleep) you" in Portuguese at ARG player shooting FTs
— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) August 13, 2016
Now Luis Scola gets the verbal middle finger from Brazilian fans. #RioOlympics2016
— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) August 13, 2016
Entering the contest, Argentina was 2-1 in the group phase, while the host country had a 1-2 record.