After rejecting pleas from each nationwide federations, FIFA dominated on Monday that the 2022 World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina will probably be replayed.
On September 5, seven minutes into the encounter between the South American powers in Sao Paulo, Brazilian well being inspectors stormed the bottom, suspending the sport and inflicting a confrontation amongst workforce officers and gamers.
4 Argentine gamers enjoying for English groups on the time, based on Brazil’s Nationwide Well being Surveillance Company (ANVISA), ought to have been positioned in “pressing quarantine” for violating COVID-19 procedures.
In February, FIFA ordered a rematch and issued two-match suspensions to Tottenham’s Cristian Romero and then-teammate Giovani Lo Celso, in addition to Aston Villa’s Emiliano Martinez and Emiliano Buendia.
The 2 nationwide soccer federations had been additionally fined by the world soccer governing physique, forcing each to file appeals.
The fines of fifty,000 Swiss francs ($50,342) levied on each on account of the desertion had been upheld by FIFA’s disciplinary fee.
The Brazilian FA’s 500,000 Swiss franc high quality was lowered to 250,000 Swiss francs, whereas the Argentine FA’s preliminary sanction of 200,000 Swiss francs was halved.
Argentina’s soccer group mentioned it can “request right this moment the justifications for each rulings” earlier than taking its case to the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport.
The 2 sides have already certified for this yr’s World Cup in Qatar.
