A rubbish bin lies by ripped seats in one of the dugouts. “The Maracana is the biggest symbol of the way the games were managed,” said Mauricio Santoro, a political scientist at Rio de Janeiro State University. “The vast majority of people in Rio will never go the golf course, or the Olympic venues. But the Maracana is different. It’s the jewel of the crown.”

Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP