Today, Tuesday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS) reported that it had approved an agreement between the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the Argentine Football Association (AFA), and FIFA, according to which the match was suspended until the 8th of the qualifying matches for Brazil. Argentina will not be played anymore. You may be interested in: Chaos and ecstasy, champions before the Argentina-Brazil match
The Brazilian Football Confederation said in a statement that “in the document, CAS/TAS supersedes previous decisions on the issue and specifies the cancellation of the Brazil-Argentina match,” which was previously scheduled for September 2022.
The Asian Football Confederation and the Brazilian Confederation accepted responsibility for the events that led to the suspension of the match, of which barely five minutes were played, as confirmed by FIFA’s judicial bodies, and it will bear the appropriate punishment.
Since both teams had already qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, a decision was reached by mutual agreement, as neither of them wanted to play because it affected their World Cup preparation plans.
Thus, the AFC will have to pay a total fine of 150,000 Swiss francs (158 thousand US dollars), half of which has been suspended for a two-year trial period.
The football governing entity added: “Half of the fine to be paid (25% of the total fine) will be donated directly by the AFA to the World Health Organization (WHO), in support of its ongoing efforts to combat COVID-19.” In Argentina in a press release.
The match, which was canceled and which caused the whole problem, was played on September 5, 2021 in São Paulo when it was suspended by Brazilian health authorities five minutes after the match due to alleged violations by the Argentine delegation of the restrictions that prevailed in. country as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Brazilian authorities, four Argentine footballers violated quarantine regulations established at the time for travelers from the United Kingdom.
In April, FIFA set the new match date for September 22, but later proposed with the AFC not to commit.
The dispute in the match does not change the ranking of the South American qualifiers, which ended with Brazil in the lead with 45 points and Argentina in second place with 39 points, 11 points ahead of Uruguay, which ranked third.
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