The four Argentine players - Emiliano Buendia and Emiliano Martinez of Aston Villa, and Giovani Lo Celso and Cristian Romero of Tottenham Hotspur - play in England's Premier League. The incident occurred just hours after Brazil's health regulator, Anvisa, said four Argentine players must isolate and could not play in the match. "Because at no time were we told we couldn't play the game." If people come and say we want to take this guy or deport this guy there was no chance of that," he said.
"As a coach I am going to defend my players. "We wanted to enjoy a game between the best in the world and it ends up like this." "It makes me so sad, I am not looking for guilty parties, whatever happened or didn't happen, this wasn't the time to do it," he told Argentine broadcaster T圜 Sports. "With all due respect to Anvisa, they could have resolved this earlier and not waited for the game to start."Īrgentina's FA expressed its "discomfort" over the situation, adding that "football should not have to go through these type of incidents that go against the sporting spirit of such an important competition."Ī shellshocked Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni agreed. "I feel sorry for all the sports fans who wanted to watch the game on television," he told Brazil's Sportv. He criticised Brazilian health regulator Anvisa and said officials told him the Argentine players who breached the country's COVID-19 rules could have been deported after the game. local time, an hour after the game kicked off, the match was officially suspended.īrazilian Football Confederation president Ednaldo Rodrigues said he was "indignant" with the scenes that reverberated around the football world. Messi then returned to the dressing room, and at 5 p.m. "We've been here at the stadium for an hour, they could have told us." Brazil's match against Argentina was halted after health officials intervened. "Why did they start the game and stop it after five minutes?" Messi said in comments heard on television. The players went to the dressing room, although the two coaches, along with Argentina captain Lionel Messi and Brazilian players, gathered at the side of the pitch a few moments later to discuss the stoppage.
"The players in question declared not to have passed through any of the countries with restrictions in the past 14 days. "Travellers who have been in the UK, South Africa, Northern Ireland and India are not allowed in Brazil. "After a meeting with the health authorities it was decided that, after checking the passports of the four players involved, the players did not comply with the rules of entry into Brazilian soil," the statement read. Further details will follow in due course."įollowing the match, Brazilian health authority Anvisa released a statement in which they declared the situation was "a serious health risk" and "for this reason, local health authorities ordered to immediately quarantine the players." In a subsequent statement, FIFA said it "confirm that following a decision by the match officials, the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifying match Brazil vs. "The referee and the match official will take a report to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee and they will decide what steps to take," a statement issued by CONMEBOL read. ESPN+ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more (U.S.) Just minutes after kickoff on Sunday at Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo, officials entered the pitch to stop the game, prompting players from Argentina to walk off the pitch. A World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina was suspended after Brazilian health officials objected to the participation of four Argentine players they say broke quarantine rules.
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