Just over two years ago the Albiceleste visited Scratch for the last time, but the match lasted just five minutes and went around the world.
The Argentina national team go back to Brazil Through South American Qualifiers just over two years after his failed visit on his way to Qatar, then Only five minutes were played until a general foul occurred that forced the suspension of the match, which CONMEBOL ultimately decided to keep without results or sanctions for the teams.
THE CONMEBOL LOCKOUT WHICH SUSPENDED THE MATCH
WHAT HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2021?
In the context of the date 6 of the qualifying tournaments for the World Cup that he eventually won ArgentinaLionel Scaloni’s team faced Scratch at the Corinthians Arena in San Pablo. But contextualization is necessary, because grief was kind of “revenge” for what happened on July 10, when the Albiceleste won the Copa América and ended the streak of 28 years without a titles, no less than in the Maracaná against the team led by Tité at the time.
And no less important is the reminder of the protocols in force in times of pandemic, since the presence of the public was still prohibited and the footballers had to comply with certain rules such as isolation, affidavits and permanent checks to prove the presence Close. of COVID.
This issue was precisely the trigger for what happened when little had happened in the duel, although a tense atmosphere was observed from the previous duel, because the Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency had filed a request for the deportation of Emiliano Martínez, Giovani Lo Celso, Cristian Romero and Emiliano Buendía.all from England, because they say they had falsified official documentation by claiming that they had not traveled through the four countries subject to health restrictions and requiring mandatory quarantine.
Finally, the aforementioned players were in the delegation, three of them were starters and in the 5th minute of the first half To everyone’s surprise, an ANVISA envoy entered the playing field with the aim of arresting those reported.. After some struggles and intervention from CONMEBOL, the Argentinians decided to leave the field of play and the match was abandoned.
Once the end of the clash was declared, the legal moves started since then both asked for the match to be considered won: Brazil for “abandoning” Argentina and the Albiceleste for invading local officials. After a few months and with both already classified, The CSF declared the match cancelled, but with an indelible stain.
Source: Goal