translated from Spanish: Argentina – Brazil: Brazilian government could force four Argentine players to comply with 14 days of quarantine

During the day of today, the Government of Brazil acknowledged that it is investigating the possible jump of the protocol by four players of the Argentine National Team, because according to the current laws those who have passed through England are obliged to comply with a quarantine of 14 days, as a prevention of the coronavirus pandemic. According to resolution 655 of June 23, 2021 of the Presidency of the Republic, a traveler with “origin or passage through the United Kingdom, South Africa and India in the last 14 days, when entering Brazilian territory, must remain in quarantine for 14 days.” For this same reason, eleven players from the Brazilian national team were vetoed by their clubs to participate in the qualifiers. This is the case of Emiliano Martínez, Emiliano Buendía, Cristian Romero and Giovani Lo Celso, who could have problems to be present in the classic against Brazil this Sunday. For the Argentine Football Association the situation is surprising since all the protocols that Conmebol demands in South America have been followed, said a source from the delegation that is at the hotel in Guarulhos, Gran San Pablo, with the national team. As a National Team we are under the approval regime of Conmebol to be able to play the qualifiers. Within this there is an exception that enables footballers from various countries to be exempt from quarantine. In addition, we have been under strict bubble health protocol for more than 10 days,” the source said. In the AFA they maintain that they are within the regulations that Conmebol uses for matches of Libertadores, Sudamericana, Copa América and others. Another member of the delegation, too, wondered why the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) did not report on this situation by choosing São Paulo as the venue.
Likewise, so far the Argentine Football Association has not received any notification in this regard, so it keeps the players within the concentration and in the sanitary corridor that CONMEBOL accepts.

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