Lights blackout Brazil/Argentina friendly

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A friendly between South American powerhouse Argentina and Brazil that was planned for 0400hrs on Thursday 4 October 2012 failed to kick off.

Call off

Floodlights at the Atlético Sarmiento Stadium in Chaco, Argentina failed to work forcing the call off.

According to reports, organizers waited more than an hour before embarrassingly being forced to call off the game.

2-1

The friendly was the follow up of another friendly played on Thursday 20 September 2012 at the Goiás Stadium, Brazil.

Then, Brazil beat Argentina 2-1 thanks to a late goal from Neymar.