Brazilian football was in mourning on Friday after 10 people died when a fire ripped through a youth training facility at the country’s most popular club, Flamengo, authorities said. Most of the youth players at the club are not locals but come from all over the country. The Rio de Janeiro football federation said it had called a meeting between the two clubs’ management to discuss postponing the match. Because of those heavy rains the football facility remained without electricity or water on Friday as the fire broke out, G1 reported. It’s only two years since Brazilian football was in mourning over an airplane disaster that decimated the Chapecoense team.

Source: Punch February 08, 2019 18:33 UTC