Beijing’s Bird’s Nest Stadium is gearing up for the first Superclásico de las Americas to be held outside of Argentina or Brazil on Saturday and interest from Chinese fans is massive ahead of the historic tie. Fans mobbed Lionel Messi and his Argentina team mates  as they arrived into Beijing International airport and China’s Yangtze Evening News reported an accident was prevented following one fan’s decision to switch escalator’s to get close to the players. Chinese state media Xinhua News Agency has also revealed that the Argentina squad skipped a trip to Beijing’s famous Forbidden City due to security worries.
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Chinese fans in a frenzy over Brazil vs Argentina clash
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Lionel Messi for Argentina and Kaka for Brazil the biggest draws
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Kaka has not featured for Brazil in 18 months but more popular than Barcelona star Neymar in Beijing
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Pollution fears have put match in jeopardy, Messi could play in a mask
‘Both Kaka and Neymar are talented players but Kaka is more humble and experienced than @placeholder and that is what is important to Chinese fans, having that kind of role model’ said Xu.