Brazil do not want to replay the game abandoned against Argentina in September 2021

“In view of the position of our technical staff, we will ask FIFA not to replay this match. “, said Wednesday the president of the Brazilian confederation (CBF), Ednaldo Rodrigues, about the Brazil – Argentina from September 5, 2021counting for qualifying for the 2022 World Cup. He was arrested after just five minutes of play on the intervention of local health authorities, four Albiceleste players who were then playing in England being accused of violating the anti-Covid protocol.

Rescheduled September 22, 2022

Representatives of the Anvisa health agency and the federal police entered the field to end the meeting, in total confusion. In April, FIFA decided that the match would be replayed on September 22, less than two months before the start of the World Cup in Qatar (November 20-December 18). “ But our priority is to win our sixth world title in Qatar. Like the staff (in particular the coach, Tite) not recommend that we play this match, we will mobilize so that it does not take place »insisted the boss of the CBF.

Argentina doesn’t want it either

Argentina is also unwilling to play the match. The president of the Argentine federation (AFA), Claudio Tapia, had already proclaimed in July: “We don’t want to play against Brazil”, (September 22, therefore), threatening to bring the case before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). This game less in the qualifications of the Amsud Zone had no sporting consequences: the two selections qualified hands down for the World Cup, without the slightest defeat, Brazil as first and Argentina as second. .