The head referee suspended the Brazil-Argentina match roughly seven minutes after they began to play. Try refreshing your browser, or Brazil-Argentina WC qualifier halted over alleged COVID violations Back to video“The referee and the match official will take a report to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee and they will decide what steps to take,” read a statement from CONMEBOL, South America’s soccer governing body. At issue were three starters for Argentina — Emiliano Martinez, Giovani Lo Celso and Cristian Romero — who play for English clubs and allegedly failed to reveal to Brazilian authorities that they’d recently been in England. They were supposed to quarantine upon arrival in the country, per Brazil’s COVID-19 laws. A fourth player, Emiliano Buendia, also reportedly arrived via England but was not part of Argentina’s gameday squad.

Source: National Post September 05, 2021 22:41 UTC