Soccer War: You score, we bomb you!

A Brazilian fan reacts at the end of the semi-final football match between Brazil and Germany at The Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on July 8, 2014. Germany won 7-1. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS

Soccer is an emotive sport. It invokes passion, almost like love. It is intense and can be as heated as hatred. A combination of these two emotions can be explosive and easily lead to hostility among fans.

In one case, it sparked the first ‘Soccer War’ between two countries, leading to the marshaling of tanks, bombs and other military ordinances by the opposing soldiers. That war was between Honduras and El-Salvador, following the qualifying matches for the 1970 World Cup  in Mexico that ignited the ‘100 Hour War,’ whose effects lasted for decades.