Followers are wondering who will pay the price for canceling the “El Clasico” match between Brazil and Argentina on Sunday, and there is speculation about possible penalties.
Play was stopped 6 minutes after the start of the match in Sao Paulo, as representatives of the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anifsa) tried to remove Argentine national team players residing in the United Kingdom, claiming to violate the quarantine rules related to the emerging Corona virus pandemic.
FIFA position
And the International Football Association (FIFA) announced today, Monday, in a statement, that it will analyze the reports of officials regarding the suspension of the match, before determining the fate of this confrontation, which falls within the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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The Brazilian Ministry of Health calls for the Argentine national team players coming from England to be placed in quarantine
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FIFA said it was sorry "because of the scenes that occurred when the match was stopped, which prevented millions of fans from enjoying a match between two of the most important football teams in the world."
Possible penalties
Goal website stated in its Argentine version that the Brazilian national team will be the most prominent loser after this crisis, and explained that the Argentine national team is not concerned with any punitive measures because it obtained a previous license to participate in the players in question, based on an agreement between the South American Football Confederation. And the authorities in the ten member states, in order to exempt the players of the teams participating in the qualifiers from any restrictions imposed on movement due to “Covid-19”.
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And the site listed a list of possible penalties according to the laws adopted by FIFA (the body responsible for organizing the qualifiers).
The penalty may amount to depriving the Brazilian national team from qualifying for the next World Cup, but this possibility is very unlikely, and the penalty may include declaring Brazil a loser in the match, withdrawing points from its current balance, or depriving it of receiving it in its stadium for a certain period.