(Reuters) – The World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina in September that was suspended after well being officers ran onto the pitch will be replayed, world governing physique FIFA stated on Monday.
The match on the NeoQuimica Arena in Sao Paulo was halted in farcical vogue simply 5 minutes after kick off when Brazilian well being officers entered the pitch to cease Argentina’s England-based gamers from taking part in.
The officers claimed the Argentines had breached Brazil’s guidelines stating travellers who had been within the UK, South Africa or India through the earlier two weeks had been forbidden from getting into the nation except they had been Brazilian residents or had everlasting residency.
FIFA additionally banned Argentine gamers Emiliano Buendia, Emiliano Martinez, Giovani Lo Celso and Cristian Romero for 2 matches. The well being officers had alleged that the gamers had misled border officers by declaring they’d not been in a crimson listing nation through the 14 days earlier than the sport.
“After an intensive investigation of the assorted factual parts and in gentle of the relevant rules, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has determined that the match ought to be replayed on a date and at a location to be determined by FIFA,” it stated in an announcement.
“In addition, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has concluded that the abandonment of the match stemmed from a number of deficiencies of the events concerned.”
FIFA, primarily based in Switzerland, fined the Brazilian and Argentine soccer associations 500,000 Swiss francs ($540,000) and 200,000 Swiss francs, respectively, for his or her failure to guarantee “order and security”.
($1 = 0.9265 Swiss francs)
(Reporting by Andrew Downie and Dhruv Munjal; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
