Brazil vs Argentina: World Cup qualifier stopped as authorities try to deport Premier League players – The Independent

A World Cup qualifying match between Brazil and Argentina was stopped after only a couple of minutes after Brazilian authorities attempted to apprehend 4 Premier League players for failing to quarantine. The prominent match at the Neo Quimica Arena in Sao Paulo on Sunday night, which included Lionel Messi and Neymar amongst a star-studded cast, was disrupted by health authorities and police spilling on to the pitch in farcical scenes after an argument emerged on the sidelines, and the game was ultimately abandoned.Aston Villas Emiliano Buendia and Emiliano Martinez and Tottenhams Cristian Romero and Giovani Lo Celso were the four Argentinian gamers implicated of flouting travel limitations to play in the match, and the latter trio all began the game. Brazils health authority, Anvisa, stated in a statement prior to the game: “Anvisa thinks about the situation a serious health risk and so has asked regional health authorities to figure out the immediate quarantine of the players, who are stopped from getting involved in any activity and ought to be avoided from remaining on Brazilian soil.