Maracanã Stadium, which held the opening and closing ceremonies and several of the Rio Olympics' biggest events, is abandoned and plagued by looters, and Julio de Lamare Aquatic Park's warm-up ...
In 2017 looters broke into the stadium smashing windows and stealing some items. The Maracanã - which also hosted the 1950 World Cup final - has been used by all of Rio's big four teams, Botafogo ...
The stadium has been the site of historic matches, including the 1950 and 2014 World Cup finals, and the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2016 Olympic Games.
Fifteen years later, Fluminense have been handed a huge advantage with the final taking place not only in their home city, but in their home stadium too, the Maracana. However, Rio is expected to ...