Gun shots interrupt an interview with Liverpool Icon Philippe Coutinho.
Loud Gunfire also broke out when his Vasco da Gama teammates Leo Jardim and Nuno Moreira went for the same cameras pitchside.
Fans were shocked by the scenes in Rio de Janeiro – But many were even more surprised about the reaction of all three players.
Former Barcelona playmaker Coutinho32, pauted when the shots turned off, before they turned around and turned a Jokey remark.
His fellow Brazilian, 30-year-old ex-Lille Goalkeeper Jardim burst out.
And Portuguese winger Moreira, 25, stood calmly with a smile on his face before crossing his arms.
Four of the largest teams in Brazil are in the city of Rio with high crime.
Vasco, Fluminense, Botafogo and Flamengo His bitter rivals.
But some parts of the city – usually in poor neighborhoods that are called favellas – have a history of Bendegeweld.
And when Clips from the interviews were placed online, fans were stunned by how the three stars seemed to make the gunshots.
An observer wrote: “The craziest thing is that nobody even moves. Such as normalizing things is really scary.”
Another posted: “The peace of the Carioca people [Rio residents] Listening to the flying bullets still impress me. “
But a third argued: “Investigative. They have to move the training center from the center of this favela. It is embarrassing. For the love of God.”
A fourth pointed out: “The training centers of Vasco and Fluminense are in the same street, practically next to Cidade de Deus.
“It’s not a good location. But when it comes to the city of Rio de Janeiro, there is no place a good place.”
And a fifth made an even more sobering claim.
They wrote: “This is Rio without makeup, not what the authorities try to sell to outsiders. Most Cariocas survive daily under these circumstances of imminent risk when leaving their homes. Destroying and uprising.”
Coutinho is on loan at the 13th-placed Brazilian top flight club Vasco from Aston Villa after last season with Qataris al-Duhail SC.
But his career has gone downhill since he followed five sparkling years Liverpool With a relocation of £ 142 million to Barca in 2018.
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