The resolve to sanction a primary league adjustment in Brazil on Sunday when part of club members had a coronavirus highlighted the difficulties of returning the game to a country where the pandemic is still under control.
A ruling last week postponed the Palmeiras-Flamengo adjustment after Rio’s club said 16 players, the coach, team doctor and other training staff members had tested positive for COVID-19.
However, a few minutes before the scheduled start, a high-ranking opinion oversteered that resolution and ordered the league game to take place.
The match, in which Flamengo replaced several of its regular players with a crowd of reservists, reached 22 minutes of expiration and ended 1-1 in front of an empty stadium of the Allianz Parque de Palmeiras.
However, the intermittent debacle that surprised many observers threatened to destroy the already weak consensus on the party’s return.
Many reviews turned to Flamengo, one of the clubs that pushed for football’s immediate return to the pandemic.
The club received a suspension order to postpone adjustment in a civil court, disapproved by the football community.
Some clubs have said that if Flamengo had controlled postponing the game, the entire league show would have to be suspended.
Others criticized Palmeiras for insisting that the opposite of one of its main rivals continue.
There was also unease with the Brazilian Football Confederation for allowing the stage to worsen to the point where the judges held the matches.
Above all, chaos has called for the wisdom of restarting football in South America.
Recovery has been debatable in a region where many other people still die every day from the virus.
More than 140,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Brazil, more than in any other country in the United States, Mexico, Colombia and Peru were also seriously affected.
Only Argentina, Bolivia and Venezuela have yet restarted their national leagues.
However, even without this preparation, their most productive clubs were forced to participate in the Copa Libertadores, the South American Champions League.
Although no Liberator matches were cancelled, several players were forced to withdraw after positive for coronavirus, adding seven of the Flamengo players who traveled to Ecuador last week.
In matches, referees and officers had to be replaced at the last minute.
In the Brazilian league, the clubs suffered withdrawals, and an attack was cancelled a few minutes before the start when players tested the virus.
Volatility has also raised fears about South American world cup qualifiers next month.
With so many more sensible players travelling from Europe, considerations have been raised about the dangers to them and their families when flying to and from South America to participate in five-day matches between October 8 and 13. Downie edited through Tothrough Davis)
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