Messi Expressed his anger in his team’s World Cup qualifiers Brazil Abandoned in a farce scene in Sao Paulo after health officials invaded the stadium to try to deport the country Argentina Player accused of violating coronavirus restrictions.
Tottenham Hotspur’s Christian Romero and Giovanni Lo Celso, as well as Aston Villa’s goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez were all part of Argentina XI, then Brazil Officials from the health watchdog Anvisa stopped Sunday’s game after only five minutes.
Anvisa said the three and Aston Villa’s Emiliano Buendia should have been quarantined because Brazil ordered travelers who have been to the UK in the past 14 days to be quarantined upon arrival in the country. Two weeks.
After players, coaches, football officials and local authorities argued on the field for a few minutes, the referee finally suspended the game with a score of 0-0.
“Why did they start the game and stop it after five minutes?” Argentina captain Messi said in a comment heard on TV. “We have been in the stadium for an hour, they could have told us.”
The Paris Saint-Germain striker and other players returned to the locker room, and the game was officially suspended one hour after the start.
FIFA will now decide what happens next in the qualifying game.
Anvisa claimed to have issued sufficient warnings that the four Argentines violated Brazil’s health regulations.
The regulator said that Argentine officials were told on Saturday that the four people should be quarantined. When the order was ignored, Anvisa asked the Brazilian Federal Police to enforce the quarantine ruling on Sunday morning.
Anvisa said in a statement released late Sunday that these attempts were “frustrated.”
The president of the Brazilian Football Association, Ednaldo Rodrigues, said he was “indignant” at the repercussions in the football world.
Rodriguez criticized Anvisa and said officials told him that Argentines who violated the country’s COVID-19 rules may be deported after the game.
“I feel sorry for all the sports fans who want to watch the game on TV,” he told Brazil’s Sportv. “With all due respect, they could have solved this problem earlier, instead of waiting until the game started.”
The shocked Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni agreed.
“It makes me sad. I’m not looking for a guilty party. Whether it happened or not, this is not the time to do so,” he told Argentine broadcaster TyC Sports.
“We want to enjoy the game between the best players in the world, and the result is like this.”
“As a coach, I will protect my players. If people come and say we want to take this person away or expel this person, it is impossible,” he said. “Because we have never been told that we can’t play this game.”
Anvisa said in a statement that it had received reports that four Argentine players had provided “false information” in their pre-flight health statements.
Anvisa said in a statement: “Anvisa believes that this situation poses a serious health threat, and therefore requires the local health authorities to immediately isolate the players, prohibit them from participating in any activities, and prevent them from staying on Brazilian territory.”
Additional report by Reuters
