Far from being a party international footballfootball was faced with several restrictions Close FIFA because of the pandemic of COVID-19 which has led to various preventive measures and for this reason the Conmebol qualifiers, the teams of Concacaf they still don’t travel to U.S and clubs in Europe did not lend to their players.
What England, France and Germany they are countries with a high number of covid cases, their league teams decided not to release their players before the FIFA dateIn this sense, it is the governing body of the mexican football He pointed out that on this occasion and in light of the pandemic, it was not mandatory to give in to footballers.
Just in the UK, according to data from the Universidad Johns Hopkins126,000 people have died of the disease and this has forced the governments of those countries to tighten prevention measures with restrictions on flights from certain countries. While in Germany, another country plagued by virusthe death toll stands at 74,715 on March 21.
For this reason, teams of the Eredivisie and the Bundesliga decided not to give in to anyone and stay in the bubble of protection while you were inside France, the Professional football competition (LFP) has announced that the clubs will not lend their foreign players outside the countries that make up the European Union
These measures forced the Conmebol Delay World Cup qualifiers because many of the great players from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, etc., can be found in teams from the old continent.
Concacaf returned to play in Europe
As the United States has taken similar measures, the Concacaf teams will return to Europe to take advantage of the Close FIFAIn this sense, there are also selections benefited such as Honduras who traveled to Belarus for a visiting duel and then go to Greece to the local team at the Estadio del PAOK of the Greek league.
Even the US national team had to leave their country and will play against Jamaica in Austria. Costa Rica, except he will play against Mexico in Austria, will also be inside Bosnia and Herzegovina to face the locals as part of this international friction of FIFA closes.
Conmebol with a few games
Without the ability to have Playoffs and without the main players, just a few selections of Conmebol they will have friendly duels. In this case, there are the combined Chili Y Bolivia They face each other at El Teniente Stadium in Chile.
Peru got the chance to play in Mexico in a friendly against Mazatlan, but the Inca group has since rejected the proposal as a preventive measure Mexico It is one of the countries with the most cases of coronavirus and the third with the most deaths from this disease in the world.
Argentina brought the U23 national team together for a few friendlies against the Japanese national team in the land of the East and that will serve as a blank for the painting that goes to the Olympics.
- Champions had already been hit
Finally, it should be remembered that these restrictions had already had an impact on the matches of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League which had to change the headquarters, as was the case with the Chelsea vs Atlético de Madrid in the Eighth of the Champions League in which was played Budapest, HungaryAll as part of this new standard of football in the middle of the pandemic