Silvio Dante Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 WTAF???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 BBC sum it like this. Any one know what Brasil's punishments are for quarantine breaches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTFABM Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Why even let it kick off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 It does kind of feel like the Argentina squad/management kind of just didn't think anyone would notice? Which is stupid. Even Fantasy football knew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted September 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 It’s a bizarre scenario. As I understand it, the Brazilian authorities are saying the Argentinians lied about the players movements, in that they were in the UK prior to arrival to Brazil, and the UK as a red list Brazilian country, demands quarantine for 14 days. So, on pure law - bang to rights. However, the Brazilian authorities would have known that Martinez, Lo Celso etc had been in the UK way before the game - it’s not as if there was hidden info. So, why would Brazil not stop them coming in fullstop and instead authorities interrupt the game? Well, theory is that in view of Brazil’s “red list” status across the world, many players weren’t released to them. So they were severely weakened. As such, if they stop the game (as opposed to stopping players playing), they can argue that Argentina have played ineligible players and obtain the points in a walkover in a game they may well have lost. Or that’s just tin hat stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Above the law. One rule for them, one rule for us plebs at the bottom. Some animals are equal but some are more equal than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said: However, the Brazilian authorities would have known that Martinez, Lo Celso etc had been in the UK way before the game - it’s not as if there was hidden info. Yeh, seeing as they all played or were on the bench last weekend. You don't need to be Poirot to figure out which country they were all in. 5 minutes ago, The Batman said: Above the law. One rule for them, one rule for us plebs at the bottom. Well, they've been caught so now we wait and see if they receive punishment. I don't know what Brazil's rules are on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 22 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said: It does kind of feel like the Argentina squad/management kind of just didn't think anyone would notice? Which is stupid. Even Fantasy football knew. That’s on the way back. They were going to go via Croatia and train there rather than be stuck in a U.K. hotel room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 24 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said: Yeh, seeing as they all played or were on the bench last weekend. You don't need to be Poirot to figure out which country they were all in. Well, they've been caught so now we wait and see if they receive punishment. I don't know what Brazil's rules are on that. Brazil doesn’t have rules about anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted September 6, 2021 Report Share Posted September 6, 2021 11 hours ago, The Batman said: Above the law. One rule for them, one rule for us plebs at the bottom. Some animals are equal but some are more equal than others. Bolsanoro repeatedly defies Covid protocols. Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians have died unnecessarily as a result of his actions, or lack of. Yet the authorities focus on a few Argentinian footballers. A deeply corrupt country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Londoner Posted September 6, 2021 Report Share Posted September 6, 2021 1 hour ago, chinapig said: Bolsanoro repeatedly defies Covid protocols. Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians have died unnecessarily as a result of his actions, or lack of. Yet the authorities focus on a few Argentinian footballers. A deeply corrupt country. It’s a very good smokescreen tbf, although part of this is because Brazilian players weren’t released but Argentine ones were. There does seem to be more to this story than Argentina tried to bend the rules though as they seem to have the backing of CONMEBOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted September 6, 2021 Report Share Posted September 6, 2021 Bolsanoro is a fascist who is about to try a Trump-style coup. Difference in Brazil is that it will probably succeed as he has enough of the military on his side. This is posturing of the highest order aimed at a home audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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