Well that escalated quickly! Brazilian match turns into pandemonium as players fight and fans steal rival flag!

Alongside the passion, excitement and joga bonito style that made the world fall in love with Brazil's version of the sport dubbed by the countries favourite son as the 'beautiful game', there has always been a volatile side that has largely been kept hidden from European football fans.

Now, in the days of youtube, when a video of a game on the otherside of the world can be beamed into a living room thousands of miles away in an instant its harder to hide south american footballs darker side.

The video below though maybe takes football violence to a different level. Taken from this weekend's game between Joga Gama and Brasiliense somehow a couple of well taken goals turns into 22 man brawl, followed by fans stealing their rivals flag in a bizarre game of tug of war and a ridiculous fan with toilet roll stuck to his foot ... all in a days work in the crazy world of Brazilian football. Umm ... enjoy?