The Brazil-Argentina World Cup qualifier that was cut short last year will not be replayed.© AFP
The World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina that was cut short last year will not be repeated, the football associations of the two South American countries said on Tuesday. The original match, in September last year, was halted when Brazilian health officials stormed the field after seven minutes in Sao Paulo, claiming the visitors had violated Covid-19 quarantine violations. But since there is nothing on the match, as both countries have already qualified for the World Cup, which starts on November 20 in Qatar, they had pleaded with the world football association FIFA to cancel the match permanently.
“The Brazil-Argentina match will not be played,” the Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) and the Argentine Football Association (AFA) said in a joint statement.
“AFA, CBF and FIFA have resolved the dispute at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).”
Both countries argued that playing the game as scheduled on September 22 would negatively impact their World Cup preparations.
FIFA ruled in February that the game should be replayed and in May rejected an appeal from both unions to cancel the game, while also fined them hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.
The two federations then took their cases to the CAS, which was due to rule this month.
Both countries qualified for the World Cup with only a few games left in the single South American qualifier group.
Even if the match were to be played again, the result would not affect the outcome of the qualification, with Brazil leading the group and Argentina finishing second.
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Brazil has won the World Cup five times, while reigning Copa America holders Argentina have been champions twice.
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