Scaloni rules out chaos with the quarantine of athletes outside Argentina

The three Argentine players who play in England will remain with the squad for the next three matches of the South American World Cup qualifiers and will not return soon “under any circumstances” due to quarantine rules, Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni said on Wednesday. 6).

Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez and Tottenham Hotspur duo Christian Romero and Giovanni Lo Celso are in the squad for the first leg against Paraguay on Thursday and the home matches against Uruguay on Sunday and Peru on October 14.

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football players Tweet embed They trained today, and in the afternoon, they will leave for there # Paraguay. #vamos argentina 🇦🇷💪🏻 pic.twitter.com/4QZCDxEAWe

Argentina national team 🇦🇷 (Argentina) October 6, 2021

Players were embroiled in chaotic scenes last month when agents from Brazil’s National Health Monitoring Agency (Anvisa) cut short the standoff between Argentines and Brazilians, claiming that players playing in the Premier League had failed to comply with the required quarantine after arriving from the United Kingdom. .

The match was suspended and the players returned to their English clubs, missing the team’s 3-0 win over Bolivia a few days later.

“We’re not going to do the same thing as last time,” Scaloni said. “[Da última vez] I said they would attend all three matches because that’s what we got in principle. Then there were problems and they were released. It’s completely different now.”

Premier League players who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be able to travel to countries included in the British government’s red list, and will be allowed to play and train while in quarantine upon return.