Tigre president Sergio Massa has described last night’s abandoned Copa Sudamericana final against Sao Paulo as one of the most shameful days in Brazilian football history and urged the Argentinian Football Federation to take strong action after claims his players were the victims of violence.

Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez was “submissive” to her powerful husband who was a controlling “monster”, her former cabinet chief told a US official, according to new US diplomatic cables.