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In the early hours of September 6, 2021, local health officials in Brazil took to the pitch in an attempt to deport three players who did not comply with coronavirus restrictions, and in the chaotic scene, the World Cup qualifiers between Brazil and Argentina were suspended.
The match, which consisted of Argentina's Lionel Messi and Brazil's Neymar, was interrupted in the 7th minute. After minutes of arguments between players, coaches, football officials and local authorities on the pitch, the referee finally suspended the game with a 0-0 score.
Brazilian health agencies said the three Argentine players who played in England should have been quarantined rather than playing. FIFA will decide the outcome of the next qualifying rounds. The president of brazil's health agency, Antonio Barra Torres, said four Argentine players would be fined and deported for violating Brazil's novel coronavirus agreement. Brazilian health authorities ordered the four to be quarantined before the match. Despite this, three of the four traveled to Argentina.
Damien Emiliano Martinez and Emiliano Buendia, Tottenham's Giovanni Lo Celso and Cristian Romero have all joined the Argentine national team, and while the Premier League does not want players to be quarantined in hotels for 10 days after returning home, Brazil's quarantine restrictions add another complicating factor.
The Argentine Football Association issued a message: "We are going home!" Also attached were photos of the team, including Damian Emiliano Martinez and Buendia, who boarded a plane to Argentina.
The four England players reportedly told Brazilian police at the airport that they did not fill out entry forms when they arrived in Brazil. The two players were not deported and were given permission to fly back with the team. Brazilian health agencies said all four allegedly told immigration officials that they had not been to britain or any other place on Brazil's own red list of risks in the past 14 days.
Martinez, Romero and Lo Celso all started the race. Anvisa held a meeting of regional and national football representatives on Saturday to discuss the quarantine. Anvisa said: "At that meeting, I and the local health authorities decided to quarantine the players. However, even after the meeting and reporting to the authorities, the players took part in saturday night training. The agency also said attempts to transfer the two players to the airport earlier Sunday were unsuccessful.
"Anvisa never made the decision to interrupt the game. However, those players who did not comply with Brazilian laws and hygiene norms and provided false information to the authorities did ask the agency to take action at that time," the Brazilian Football Federation said.
Brazilian television broadcast several exchanges between players and coaches during the chaos. The Brazilian head coach seems to be the most frustrated. "There are 72 hours left before the game. They had to do that during the game!" The head coach shouted at Anvisa's assistant. Brazil called up nine Premier League players for World Cup qualifiers in September, but none of them travelled to South America due to restrictions.
Messi also sounded annoyed. "They didn't talk to us until then," Messi repeated. Argentina coach Leonel Scaloni said both teams wanted to play the game, saying: "That's it for the best players in the world. I want the Argentine to understand that as a coach I have to take care of my players. If someone came and said they had to be deported, I wouldn't allow it. We want to play this game, the Brazilians also want to. ”
Both national football associations issued statements criticizing the move by Brazilian health agencies. The Argentine team, including those deemed at risk of the novel coronavirus, stayed in the locker room for more than three hours until they left for the airport. After Argentina left, the Brazilian players remained on the pitch and began training.