It must have been a beautiful spectacle in São Paulo on September 5th.
It was a wet firecracker.
The Brazil-Argentina meeting, counting for the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, was interrupted after 5 minutes of play. The reason?
4 Argentines did not respect the sanitary protocol.
"
If they had warned us when we arrived in Brazil, there would not have been so much chaos,
" complained Argentinian goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.
His compatriot, Angel Di Maria, broke the silence on Tuesday.
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Each camp gave its version, and for the Brazilian Football Federation, Argentina had been warned that 4 players (who came directly from England) had to leave the rally and isolate themselves to respect the Covid protocol.
"
Honestly, we did not know anything
, denied Di Maria at the microphone of
ESPN
and relayed by
RMC Sport
.
They told us one thing, then another.
The president appeared saying we can play.
"The Paris Saint-Germain winger denounces a management"
a little more political on their side
(the Brazilians)
than ours
"and describes the match as"
shame
".
Finally, it does not fail to underline an element which makes speak in Argentina.
As the Argentinian media
Olé points out
, one of the people on the lawn appeared to be in possession of a weapon, judging by the shape of an object under his t-shirt.
Health worker?
Member of stadium security?
Anyway, the individual arrested Nicolas Otamendi and Marcos Acuña.
The tone quickly rose to the point that the individual almost came to blows with the players.
"
Wait for the match to start to stop it that way, for the person who enters has a weapon, for him to push himself with the players…
", Di Maria resigned himself.
The Parisian has since returned to France until the next international break in early October.
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