Scandal in the Copa América: six players from Chile broke the bubble and threw a party

06/20/2021 5:11 PM

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Updated 06/20/2021 5:11 PM

In

La Roja

there are

moments of tension.

And not because of football, since the Chilean soccer team had a good start in the Copa América: they drew 1-1 with Argentina and beat Bolivia 1-0. But according to the portal

Rumbo a Primera

of the trans-Andean country, it transpired that six players had "broken" the "bubble" by holding

a party

at the concentration in Cuiabá. Such a scandal even aroused the version that

the DT, Martín Lasarte, could resign.

La Tercera

and

Cooperativa

are other Chilean media that realized that the bubble was effectively broken after the referents Arturo Vidal and Gary Medel

brought in a

Brazilian

hairdresser

who also attended to other footballers.

This generated the anger of the Uruguayan coach, at the same time that they generated

a summary

by Conmebol when it was found that they did not respect the rules.

And they could be fined financially.

Arturo Vidal, again appointed (AFP).

The ANFP, the Chilean Federation, is expected to release a statement on what happened with these acts of discipline.

In addition,

the press conference

that was scheduled for noon

was held for the afternoon

and the presence of both coach Lasarte (he has five games in that position, without losses) and that of the captain, Claudio Bravo, are expected to clarify things, after

training was

also

suspended.

Quite a problem knowing that this Monday they will play nothing less than Uruguay and the spotlights are once again

far from what happened on the pitch

.

Before the Cup, when the double qualifying date was to be played, a big problem was generated in Chile when Vidal tested positive for Covid and it was learned that the reason for the contagion had been

the entry of a model to the concentration.

To such an extent that the government of the country itself opened an investigation into the case.