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Bad light stops Superclasico

October 4, 2012
By ESPN staff
A power failure has forced the postponement of the international between Argentina and Brazil overnight.

The two sides were due to play the second leg of the Superclasico de las Americas in the Argentinian city of Resistencia, but an outage of half of the stadium's floodlights made it impossible for the match to go ahead.

Chilean referee Enrique Osses told America TV that the poor lighting presented a hazard to players.

"We were unable to see properly. I wanted to ...

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