Miami mayor left 'outraged' by Copa America final chaos that saw fans collapse and others force their way into Argentina's win over Colombia

Miami politician Daniella Levine Cava has admitted she was 'outraged' by nan chaotic scenes that marred Sunday night's Copa America final.

The crippled betwixt Argentina and Colombia astatine nan Miami Dolphins' Hard Rock Stadium was delayed by much than an hr because of terrifying crowd issues that saw fans breaching information gates.

Videos posted connected societal media showed fans jumping complete information railings adjacent nan southwest entranceway of nan stadium and moving past constabulary officers and stadium attendants. 

Screams could beryllium heard successful nan inheritance of footage captured astir nan stadium arsenic group were crushed because of nan immense congestion caused by nan chaos.

The stadium is owed to beryllium a venue for nan 2026 World Cup but nan scenes person led to fears nan USA is not fresh for nan presence of millions of fans for nan biggest sporting arena successful nan world.

Mayor Levine Cava insists they will now transportation retired a 'full review' of nan incident aft an embarrassing section for some nan metropolis of Miami and nan stadium.

A connection from politician Levine Cava and main nationalist information serviceman James Reyes read: 'We are outraged by nan unprecedented events astatine tonight's Copa America finals.

'The Copa America last is organized by CONMEBOL, and Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) provides information support on pinch different rule enforcement agencies.

'Tonight MDPD assigned complete 550 officers to nan stadium, including our Priority Response Team, and is utilizing each imaginable resources to proceed to guarantee a safe acquisition for each attendees. In addition, MDPD brought successful much unit from different jurisdictions to support everyone's information and wellbeing.

'Our apical privilege must beryllium nan information and information of each our residents and visitors, and we impulse everyone successful attendance astatine tonight's crippled to abide by each directives from rule enforcement and information unit for nan information of each attendees.

'We person besides received a information briefing from stadium operations regarding nan scheme to support fans successful safely exiting aft nan crippled tonight, and we proceed to impulse each attendees to salary adjacent attraction to each accusation and updates from rule enforcement and stadium staff.

'Let's beryllium clear: This business should ne'er person taken spot and cannot hap again. 

'We will activity pinch stadium activity to guarantee that a afloat reappraisal of tonight's events takes spot instantly to measure nan afloat concatenation of events, successful bid to put successful spot needed protocols and policies for each early games.'

A fistful of group could beryllium seen receiving aesculapian curen and asking for h2o successful nan sweltering South Florida heat. 

Officers were capable to push nan crowd down nan gates and fastener down nan entranceway truthful that nary 1 could get inside, though plentifulness of fans pinch tickets had already made it to their seats earlier then.

Security initially appeared to unfastened gates somewhat to let only a fistful a fans successful astatine a time, while different angry attendees pushed against nan railings.

After reclosing nan gates, information began letting fans successful slow astir 8:10pm, pinch nan caller kickoff clip group for 9:15pm but nan commotion did not stop. 

Fans again collapsed done nan railings, truthful galore filing successful that information scanners rocked backmost and distant from nan force.

Fans wearing cogwheel from some teams started moving successful aggregate directions, immoderate carrying children connected their shoulders. Tickets were not being scanned and fewer constabulary officers aliases stadium officials could beryllium seen successful nan oversea of people.

Some fans started climbing complete fences to get in. Three constabulary officers were seen placing handcuffs connected a instrumentality pinch a Colombia emblem connected a ramp that leads to nan stadium's seats.

The commotion up of nan last was nan culmination of a bid of issues passim nan 32-match tournament, from complaints astir nan playing surfaces to criticisms of officials and concerns astir subordinate safety.

The tourney and its organizers were heavy criticized aft a melee pursuing Colombia's 1-0 triumph complete Uruguay successful their semifinal.

Just aft referee Cesar Ramos blew nan last whistle, Darwin Nunez and Uruguay teammates climbed a staircase into a raucous crowd, and video showed Nunez hitting a instrumentality successful Colombian squad colors.

Uruguay skipper Jose Gimenez said players went successful nan crowd to protect their families, including their wives and children who were seated successful nan stands down nan Uruguay bench. 

Coach Marcelo Bielsa later criticized tourney organizers for not doing capable to protect their families, arsenic it took much than 10 minutes for constabulary to get and reconstruct order.

CONMEBOL later released a connection condemning nan unit but added nary further explanation connected further information measures for nan final.

Scaloni, Martinez and Colombia midfielder Juan Quintero called for fans to beryllium serene astatine Sunday's match.