Peru players excluded hours before the Brazil game due to Corona

The Peruvian Football Association announced yesterday that two players had been excluded from the national team after they were confirmed to be infected with the Covid-19 virus, on the eve of a confrontation with Brazil in the framework of the World Cup 2022 qualifiers. The Peruvian Football Association and the players Raul Ruydiaz and Alex Valera jointly, excluding them from the Peru-Brazil match. "

The statement indicated that "the health of the two players does not include serious symptoms" that could harm the health of others.

It was decided that Ruedas would start during the "Seleção" meeting, led by Neymar, in the second round of the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup. The Peruvian Federation confirmed that "the two players remained in complete health isolation with compliance with full health protocols, in the hours before the results were announced." Test, "stressing his commitment to applying the standards of the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) and the South American Football Association (CONMEBOL).

Brazil hopes to repeat its victory in its last visit to Lima in the qualifiers for the World Cup 2018, when it came out with two clean goals in the twelfth round.

The two teams met three times last year, including twice in the Copa America finals in Brazil. The landlords won twice: 5-0 in the first round, and 3-1 in the final, before Peru scored a 1-0 moral victory in an international friendly match in Los Angeles. American.

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