Brazil’s World Cup qualifier against Argentina has been suspended, as four Argentine players have been accused of breaking Covid’s travel protocols

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The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) had asked for support from the country’s federal police to prevent four Argentine players from participating in the classification, saying the players in question made false statements when they arrived in Brazil, omitting that they had been in the UK for the past 14 days.

According to Brazilian Covid-19 regulations, any passenger who has visited the UK 14 days before arrival cannot enter the country.

“Anvisa considers the situation to be a serious health risk and therefore advised the local health authorities to determine the immediate quarantine of the players, who are prevented from participating in any activity and should be avoid staying in Brazilian territory, “the organization said in a statement. statement.

According to CNN subsidiary CNN Brazil, Anvisa demanded the deportation of Emiliano Martínez, Emiliano Buendía, Giovani Lo Celso and Cristian Romero, all of them English Premier League players.

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“Due to the decision of the referee of the match, the match organized by FIFA between Brazil and Argentina for the qualifiers for the World Cup is suspended,” CONMEBOL announced via Twitter.

CONMEBOL continued, “the referee and the match delegate will submit a report to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, which will determine the steps to be followed. These procedures will be in accordance with current regulations.”

FIFA confirmed on Twitter that the party had been suspended and that “more details will follow in due course.”
An employee of the National Agency for Health Surveillance of Brazil (Anvisa) argues with the Argentine Nicolas Otamendi (L) and Marcos Acuna.
The president of the Football Association of Argentina (AFA), Claudio Tapia, issued a statement saying: “What has happened today is very unfortunate for football, it is a very bad image. Four people go intervened to interrupt the match to make a statement and CONMEBOL asked the players to go to the locker room.

“You can’t talk about lies here because there is health legislation that regulates all South American tournaments. The health authorities in each country approved a protocol that we followed to the letter.”

The manager of the Argentine national team, Lionel Scaloni, added that the events that happened made him “very sad” and that both teams wanted to play the match.

“This makes me very sad. I’m not looking for any culprit,” Scaloni said in the statement, “Whether something happened or not, it wasn’t the right time to make that intervention.”

“It should have been a party for everyone involved, to enjoy the best players in the world. I would like the Argentine people to understand that, as head coach, I have to defend my players,” Scaloni said. “At no point were we notified that this could not play the match. We wanted to play the match, and so did the Brazilian players.”

CNN’s Patrick Sung contributed to this report.

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