It was the Premier League players Emiliano Martínez, Emiliano Buendia, Cristian Romero and Giovani Lo Celso who according to the Brazilian corona rules should have been isolated because they have been in the UK for the last 14 days.
The Brazilian health authority went out a few hours before the match and said that they would be isolated, but despite that, three of the players were in the starting eleven.
Then government personnel came to the arena and entered the field.
The match was canceled.
The players have been accused of lying when they entered Brazil, but the president of the Argentine Football Association, Claudio Tapia, thinks that is wrong.
- You can not talk about a lie because there are health rules that all South American tournaments follow.
The health authorities in each country have approved a protocol that we have followed to the max, he says and continues:
- What happened today is sad for football.
It gives a very bad picture.
Federation captain Scaloni says that they were never told that they were not allowed to play.
- Nobody said they were not allowed to play the match.
We wanted to play and so did the Brazilian players.
He does not think the authority should have broken in the middle of the match,
- This makes me very sad.
I'm not looking for a scapegoat.
Whether something happened or not, this was not the time to intervene.
- This should have been a party for everyone, to enjoy the best players in the world.
CLIP: Scandal scenes in the general meeting - authority stopped the match
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Scandal scenes in the general meeting - authority stopped the match