The authorities opened a file against the Albiceleste elements for “the possible crime of ideological falsehood.”
The Brazilian police opened on Monday an investigation against four footballers that violated the country’s sanitary protocol, a fact that led to the suspension of the superclassic on Sunday with Argentina by CONMEBOL qualifying round for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
“We open the establishment of a process to investigate the possible crime of ideological falsehood“, said to EFE the Federal police.
The footballers involved “they were already notified when leaving the country, which is a standard procedure, and formally heard in their statements“the source announced.
The investigation also seeks to establish whether there was “administrative offense“and will be conducted by the Guarulhos International Airport Police Station, which operates for Sao Paulo and where the porter entered the country. Emiliano Martinez, the midfielder Emiliano Buendía, the defender Cristian Romero and the midfielder Giovani lo celso.
Martinez and Good day they are active in Aston Villa, and Rosemary and The Celso at Tottenham Hotspur.
After playing with their clubs, these players joined the national team Argentina for the World Cup qualifying matches in a triple match that began last Thursday.
Martinez, Rosemary and The Celso played the six minutes that the game lasted until its suspension, and Good day it was in the reserve bank.
The 4 players arrived in Brazil on Friday with the rest of the delegation from Caracas, where Argentina defeated Venezuela 1-3 on Thursday.
The current Brazilian health protocol requires a 10-day quarantine for people who have been in the United Kingdom, India and South Africa in the last two weeks.
According to local media, Fernando Ariel Batista, identified as an employee of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), was in charge of filling out the immigration and health forms of the entire delegation.
The 4 players, according to the Brazilian authorities, provided false information about their stay in England in the immigration process, a situation that was verified by the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa, regulator), which, in a note, confirmed that the delegation Argentina was notified of the incident.
The Anvisa indicated that he held a meeting on Saturday with members of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), of the delegation Argentina, of the Ministry of Health and of the Regional Secretariat of Health of Sao Paulo, in which the quarantine of the 4 players was determined.
However, according to the Brazilian health authority, the players ignored it and trained on Saturday night in the reconnaissance of the Neo Química Arena stadium.
Yet the AFA He alleges that they were never notified and they were “surprised” by the presence of health prosecutors on the field when 6 minutes of play had elapsed.
Venezuelan referee Jesús Valenzuela decided to interrupt the match after Argentina he left the court and locked himself in the locker room. The final decision was left to FIFA, responsible for the World Cup qualifiers.
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