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A World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina was halted simply minutes after kickoff on Sunday after Brazilian well being officers objected to the participation of three Argentine gamers they are saying broke quarantine guidelines.
Argentina walked off the pitch on the Corinthians Enviornment after the officers entered the pitch to cease the sport.
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The gamers went to the dressing room, though the 2 coaches, together with Argentina captain Lionel Messi and Brazilian gamers, gathered along side the pitch a number of moments later to debate the stoppage. The sport was suspended shortly after.
The incident occurred simply hours after Brazil’s well being regulator, Anvisa, mentioned 4 Argentine gamers should isolate and couldn’t play within the match. The 4 Argentine gamers — Emiliano Buendia and Emiliano Martinez of Aston Villa, and Giovani Lo Celso and Cristian Romero of Tottenham Hotspur — play in England’s Premier League.
Underneath Brazilian guidelines, guests who’ve been within the U.Okay. within the 14 days earlier than getting into the nation should quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.
Brazil’s well being regulator was tipped off that the 4 didn’t state that info on their immigration types, and on Sunday mentioned they confirmed the main points given had been “false.”
“Anvisa considers the scenario a severe well being danger and so has requested native well being authorities to find out the speedy quarantine of the gamers, who’re stopped from taking part in any exercise and needs to be prevented from remaining on Brazilian soil,” Anvisa mentioned in a press release.
Nonetheless, no motion was taken and the 4 gamers had been allowed to journey with the Argentine group from the lodge to the stadium. Martinez, Lo Celso and Romero had been within the beginning lineup.
The confusion comes amid persevering with anger in South America over guidelines which have disallowed a number of groups from utilizing key gamers for this month’s three World Cup qualifiers.
Brazil are with out 9 key males for the Argentina sport, and different South American sides have additionally misplaced gamers resulting from a choice by some European golf equipment to not let their gamers journey to the continent.
They must quarantine on return, and the golf equipment don’t need to lose their gamers for subsequent league video games.
Aston Villa mentioned Buendia and Martinez had agreed to return to their membership after the Brazil sport and can miss Argentina’s sport in opposition to Bolivia on Tuesday. The Argentine Soccer Affiliation, nonetheless, mentioned they might play all three of their video games throughout qualifying.
Brazil at present lead the South American qualifying group for Qatar 2022, six factors forward of second-place Argentina. The highest 4 qualify robotically for Qatar.
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