An unexpected inconvenience would appear in the coming days for the Selection Colombia and others of South America thinking about the March Qualifiers. This is due to the pandemic of the coronavirus and the provision of FIFA where it leaves the door open for clubs not to lend players to the national teams if they consider it taking into account the covid-19 and restriction measures in different countries.
Given this FIFA regulations, from Sky Sports in England have warned that clubs would not lend to South American, Portuguese and some African players for the FIFA dates of the last week of March because these places are on the UK “red list” for high coronavirus cases.
According to Sky, in the UK there is a standing obligation for all people to enter the country from the places on the “red list” are isolated 10 days in a hotel under strict quarantine and then have the respective tests, so that English clubs would choose not to give in to some of their figures.
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In the case of the Colombia team could be without James Rodriguez, Yerry Mina and Davinson Sanchez (Summons called), as well as Steven Alzate and Jéfferson Lerma. However, contagion and cross-border restrictions are expected to have decreased by March.
The FIFA Council Bureau held this Friday at least until the end of April the smoothing of the rule on making international players available, a compromise between clubs and national teams in the health context of the covid-19 pandemic.
This measure had been introduced in August 2020.
“After receiving positive feedback from the football community”“The instance explains in a statement that it renewed these measures in view of the upcoming international matches for women’s and men’s football.”
Clubs are usually required to allow their players to join their national team squads in the windows. internationals decided by FIFA.
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The smoothing of the standard allows them to take into account quarantine measures or restrictions pandemic-related displacement.
The covid-19 has accentuated the usual tensions around the windows of international national team matches.
To the overload of matches and the risks of injury is now added the threat of illness or having to serve a time of isolation.
Clubs will therefore be able to retain their players if “forty of at least five days it is mandatory to count from when he arrived “at the place” where the player’s “national team” match is played or at the club’s place on his return, according to the world football body.