One of Brazil's most famous football clubs has won South America's top club tournament. The Brazilian club Sao Paolo won the final of the Copa Sudamericana. However, there are big questions about how they got their victory. They were declared winners after the other team, Tigre from Argentina, refused to come onto the pitch for the second half of the game. The players and coaches from the Argentine club said they feared for their lives. Tigre officials said security guards at Sao Paolo's Morumbi stadium beat them and pulled guns on them as they went to the dressing room after the first half. The whole footballing world is now concerned about safety and security at the FIFA World Cup in 2014.

Sao Paolo were winning the game two-nil before the referee called the game off. Sao Paulo president Juvenal Juvencio told the club's website that Tigre were afraid of losing badly so they started causing trouble in the half-time break. He said: "They were going to lose by a big score. Our biggest victory is the fact that the Argentines ran away." Sao Paulo goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni said of Tigre: "They came here to fight, not to play." Tigre's players totally disagreed. They said about 20 police and security staff waited for them and attacked them. Argentina's newspapers were full of photographs of a dressing room covered in blood. Tigre coach Nestor Gorosito told Argentine television: "It was crazy."