What are the regulations in Brazil that do not allow Argentines to play

An unusual situation marred the classic for the Qualifiers between Argentina and Brazil, which forced the match to be suspended. Everything happened as a result of the local health authority preventing four Argentine players from contesting the match for issues related to the protocol against Covid-19.

Although everything seemed agreed so that Emiliano Martínez, Giovani Lo Celso, Cristian Romero and Emiliano Buendía could play, accused of having falsified a health declaration that forces those who were in the last 14 days in the United Kingdom to quarantine, the situation it led to a scandal.

Argentina had arrived in the country without any objection from the health authorities after having played in Venezuela. On Saturday night a communication from Anvisa emerged indicating those four players could not play the game because having been in England for less than 14 days, and the protocol prevented them from participating.

However, there is an agreement so that these situations are contemplated and the schools can skip these protocols as long as they remain in a bubble scheme. This is how the Copa América was played in Brazil and this is how the Copa Libertadores is played.