At 3 a.m. on September 6, Beijing time, in a focus match in the South American region of the World Cup preliminaries, Brazil faced Argentina at home. This was the first national team dialogue between Messi and Neymar after they became teammates again.
However, the game was interrupted by an emergency less than 10 minutes into the game and was subsequently cancelled.
At that time, a Brazilian health official suddenly walked into the venue and asked four Argentine players, including Lo Celso, Martinez, Christian Romero and Buendia, who were playing in the Premier League, to leave the field immediately and take them away for quarantine because they violated epidemic prevention regulations.
Messi and Neymar communicate.
This move caused dissatisfaction with Argentine players Acuña and Otamendi, who pushed the "uninvited guest" out of the sideline. As a result, a conflict broke out, and players, coaching staff and game officials from both sides came together in an instant.
In the end, when negotiations on the field failed, the Argentine players decisively walked back to the locker room and the game was interrupted.
As the team captain, Messi has been communicating with officials and Brazilian players, but still failed to achieve satisfactory results, and finally left the stadium.
Acuña and Otamendi "besieged" Brazilian epidemic prevention personnel.
According to Brazil's epidemic prevention regulations, travelers who have recently been to the UK must quarantine in a hotel for 14 days after arriving in Brazil, which means that the above four players should not play in this game. At the same time, the Brazilian coach is very aware of this regulation and has not called up Premier League players in this period.
After the game was interrupted, Messi returned to the court for a time and discussed with the Brazilian side together with head coach Scaloni and others. He and Scaloni asked each other, "In this case, why are they allowed to enter the stadium and play the game? They (Brazilian health officials) warned us, that's it. Our players are allowed to train." After the game was officially announced in half, Messi said: "This is a complete disaster. Difficult, we have been in Brazil for three days, they could have let our players leave long ago. "
According to the "Daily Mail", Lo Celso and others concealed information when entering Brazil, claiming that they had only been to Venezuela and Argentina, and had not been to the UK recently.
Argentinian players withdraw from the game. After
's lies were exposed, these players should have been ordered to pay fines and leave Brazil, but Argentina also gave a tough response-the Argentine Football Association stated that they would either allow these players to participate or strike out. (Reporter Chen Jun)
Source: The Paper
