El Maracanazo (1990 FIFA World Cup qualification)

Brazil v Chile (1989)

The Maracanã Stadium, venue of the match
Event	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – South American zone – Group 3
Brazil Chile 2 0
Match abandoned in the 67th minute with the score Brazil 1–0 Chile FIFA awarded Brazil a 2–0 victory
Date	3 September 1989
Venue	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee	Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)

The Maracanazo of the Chilean selection (Spanish: Maracanazo de la selección chilena, also known as Condorazo or Bengalazo) was an incident which happened during the football match between Brazil and Chile, at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on 3 September 1989, in which Chilean goalkeeper Roberto Rojas pretended to be hurt by a flare thrown by Brazilian fans. The incident is considered by historians and football experts as one of the most shameful events in world football. The incident deprived Chile of competing in the 1994 World Cup qualifiers and ended Rojas' career.

For the 1990 FIFA World Cup, the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) received 3.5 berths (including Argentina who already qualified as title holders). The other teams were grouped into 3 groups. The winners of the Groups 1 and 3 qualified directly to the World Cup, while the winner of Group 2 had to play an intercontinental play-off against the winner of Oceania's qualifying. Chile, Venezuela and Brazil were assigned to Group 3.

In the qualifiers, Chile beat Venezuela 3–1 in Caracas, drew 1–1 with Brazil in Santiago and beat Venezuela 5–0 in Mendoza, Argentina as FIFA banned Chile from playing at home due to crowd trouble against Brazil. With both teams due to play each other, Chile and Brazil were leading the group with 5 points each although Brazil were top on goal difference. This meant Chile needed to beat the home team Brazil to qualify.