The Qatar 2022 World Cup Qualifiers continued with a few rounds more this week. However, two of the greatest national teams performed a shameful scenario in the Brazil vs Argentina duel. Only six minutes after the game started in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the match was suspended. It was one of the games with the best odds for punters, especially for all those who enjoy high-roller betting.
The world was expecting one of the best games of this World Cup Qualifiers rounds, especially Latin America. Another great clash between Neymar and Messi was about to begin. However, the game barely started. In the sixth minute, Brazil’s health authorities irrupted into the game to suspend it as 4 Argentinian players didn’t respect the Covid protocols. To be more precise, Brazil authorities informed in advance that these 4 players were coming from England. According to Brazilian’s law, they needed to respect a 14-day quarantine in order to play. Also, the CONMEBOL affirmed that this wasn’t necessary as the Covid tests were negative.
Brazilian news says that the health authorities tried to stop the 4 Argentinian players (Dibu Martinez, Emi Buendia, Cuti Romero, and Gio Lo Celso) before. They went to the hotel but reaching an agreement was simply impossible. For those reasons, they went to Sao Paulo’s stadium after the game started.
An embarrassing moment
It was a hard moment to understand. The fans and the TV commentators as well. Even the players couldn’t believe it. The critics are mostly to the host Brazil and how this could have been done before the start. This shows a huge lack of organization, especially taking into account that the country recently hosted a World Cup and the last Copa América earlier this year.
On the other side, other news has a different scenario. After the Premier League prohibited six Brazilian players from their English league to join the national team in this international break, the squad had to find replacements for them. However, the Argentinian team could add 4 players from the same English league with no problem, and the Brazilian football federation didn’t like it. For those reasons, the healthy authorities informed that the 4 players mentioned above needed to comply with the 14-day quarantine.
Regardless of the real motives that brought the suspension of the game, the entire world agrees that it was a shameful moment for the competition. The most recent declarations inform that Brazil could suffer some negative consequences. Keep checking our latest sports news and don’t miss the chance to open a Skype Betting account. If you want to win big with the outcome of this Brazil vs Argentina duel, a Skype account is the answer to your prayers!
