Final 12 months’s aborted World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina is not going to be replayed.© AFP
Final 12 months’s aborted World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina is not going to be replayed, the 2 South American international locations’ soccer associations mentioned on Tuesday. The unique fixture, in September final 12 months, was halted when Brazilian well being officers stormed onto the pitch after seven minutes in Sao Paulo, alleging Covid-19 quarantine breaches by the guests. However with nothing using on the match as each international locations have already certified for the World Cup, which begins in Qatar on November 20, they’d pleaded with world soccer’s governing physique FIFA to cancel the match definitively.
“The Brazil-Argentina match will not be played,” the Brazilian Soccer Confederation (CBF) and Argentine Soccer Affiliation (AFA) mentioned in a joint assertion.
“AFA, CBF and FIFA have resolved the dispute at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).”
Each international locations argued that taking part in the match as scheduled on September 22 would adversely have an effect on their World Cup preparations.
FIFA dominated in February that the sport should be replayed and in Might it rejected an attraction by each federations to have the match canceled, whereas additionally hitting them with fines value a whole bunch of hundreds of {dollars}.
The 2 federations then took their case to CAS, which was resulting from rule this month.
Each international locations certified for the World Cup with a number of matches to spare within the single South American qualifying group.
Even when the match have been replayed, its end result couldn’t have an effect on the end result of qualifying, with Brazil topping the group and Argentina ending second.
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Brazil have received the World Cup a file 5 instances whereas reigning Copa America holders Argentina are twice champions.
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