The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) in Brazil has requested the deportation of four players from the Argentine national team who, according to the organization, failed to comply with the health rules imposed in the country to control the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Brazilian government has imposed a mandatory quarantine on all foreigners who have been in England in the last 14 days, a situation that applies to four players from the Argentine national team: goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez and winger Emiliano Buendia, both from Aston Villa, the midfielder. Giovanni Lo Celso and defender Christian Romero, who represents Tottenham.
The Brazilian authorities also charged the players with false statements because they indicated that they did not pass through England when they arrived in Brazil from Caracas, where they faced Venezuela on Friday.
according to Sport BalloonSao Paulo’s Minister of State for Health has asked Civil House to make an exception and allow players to take part in tonight’s match between the two biggest rivals in South America.
Argentine newspaper first It states that after CONMEBOL’s intervention with the Brazilian Confederation, the players were allowed to leave the hotel and go with the rest of the delegation to the Superclássico stage.
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