The Conmebol ended the controversy over the scandal Liberators cup that happened for two positive cases for covid-19 in Saints of Brazil, causing the player pair to be unable to travel back to their country with the team for Sunday’s game of the local league against Sao Paulo.
It has been speculated that the Amazon team could be disqualified for using their goalkeeper John in Ida’s game of this tournament in the Semi finals before Boca Juniors, in addition to having had it Wagner Leonardo in banking, knowing they had the virus.
And it is that for the local media in Argentina, In the club of Boca, they found it suspicious that the technical conversation was held on the benches during half-time and did not enter the locker room when they met on January 6.
Boca had sent Conmebol a letter asking for an explanation, as the goalkeeper could have played infected; However, the response was in Santos’s favor, as the agency indicated that all smears prior to the meeting were negative, allowing the Brazilian delegation to travel to Argentina.
The contamination would have occurred after that testTherefore, the goalkeeper and the defender were positive with the one executed prior to the return trip; in this way Santos would not have violated the regulation.
“The regulations are very clear. If the results are negative, they can play. Therefore, there is no place to claim points. The cotton swabs that Santos offers for traveling and playing are negative. There is nothing to argue, ”Conmebol informed TNT Sports.
The fact is, you don’t have to get bored.Santos FC fought back
Santos FC reports that goalkeeper John and defender Wagner tested positive for Covid-19, in the mandatory test to return from Argentina. The result was available around midnight Wednesday through Thursday after the game was played. Both athletes had tested negative in the study conducted by Albert Einstein Hospital, which Conmebol needed before leaving for Buenos Aires, for the match against Boca Juniors, in the Libertadores semi-finals. “
With the result, the Club followed all required hygiene protocols and the two players were unable to return with the delegation. The board, in turn, began negotiations to return to Brazil, as the government of Argentina tests people’s journey positive. Santos FC has been helping all athletes while they were in Argentina and now they are returning this Friday in a medical plane hired by the Santos club, ”the club said.
Further, José Renato Quaresma, Member of the Executive Committee of Santos FC said “Santos FC is calm because he followed all protocols and he’s totally focused and focused on the upcoming games against Sao Paulo and Boca Juniors. “
The fact is, you don’t have to get bored.
The fact is, you don’t have to get bored.
The fact is, you don’t have to get bored.