About 45 minutes before the scheduled 3 p.m. kickoff, journalists on the scene began tweeting that a group of Chile fans had broken through the entrance to the media center.
In the chaos, a wall with TV equiptment attached was knocked down.
Reporters say it's utter chaos:
Chilean fans storming into media center at @Maracanã (@RodrigoGomezF) pic.twitter.com/3nt3bQj8Od
- Juan Arango (@JuanG_Arango) 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
Sitdown protest in belly of Maracana... This is nuts ... Waiting for tropa do choque pic.twitter.com/DraoJ3QAGP
- Gabriele Marcotti (@Marcotti) June 18, 2014
BREAKING NEWS. Massive invasion of Chile fans into press area at Maracana as walls collapse pic.twitter.com/HcSflSLwpr
- Reda Maher (@Reda_Eurosport) June 18, 2014
They're trashing the place. This is chaos, complete chaos.
- Ben Rumsby (@ben_rumsby) June 18, 2014
Media center wall destroyed pic.twitter.com/gSSekeCh0G
- Sam Laird (@samcmlaird) June 18, 2014
Oh man, Chilean fans just running wild https://t.co/C85nc94WdR
- Brian Floyd (@BrianMFloyd) June 18, 2014