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Four minutes of infamy
Brazil and Argentina took the field on Sunday afternoon to play a much-awaited World Cup qualification match in São Paulo. However, federal health authorities intervened and put a stop to proceedings after just a few minutes of play, ensuring that the match would go down in football infamy.
- Agents of federal health regulator Anvisa, flanked by Federal Police marshals, stormed the field to remove four Argentinian players who had disrespected Brazilian sanitary rules upon entering the country.
- Emiliano Martínez, Giovani Lo Celso, and Cristian Romero started the match for Argentina, but according to Brazilian rules, should not even have been able to attend the stadium. Not in the matchday squad, midfielder Emiliano Buendía was equally in violation of sanitary protocols.
- The four players in question play their club football in England. A June 23, 2020 ordinance forbids foreign nationals who have spent time in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and India in the last 14 days from entering the country.
- The Argentina squad entered Brazil from Venezuela — where they...