Argentina will host its counterpart Bolivia at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires at 1:30 in the morning, as part of the tenth round of South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.
Argentina is in second place in the qualifiers with 15 points from 7 matches, pending the outcome of the FIFA decision regarding the canceled Brazil match, while Bolivia is in the ninth and penultimate place with 6 points.
The Brazil national team match against its Argentine rival, which was scheduled to be held last Sunday, was canceled due to the union of a number of officials in the Brazilian Ministry of Health, the match stadium, to remove the Argentine team’s quartet coming from Britain due to sanitary isolation procedures.
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) issued an official statement on the crisis in the confrontation between the Brazilian national team and its Argentine guest.
The statement added: “The referee and the match observer will submit a report to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, which will determine the steps to be followed. These procedures strictly comply with the current regulations,” explaining, “The World Cup qualifiers are a competition belonging to FIFA. All decisions related to its organization and development are made by it.”
The Argentine team, led by its star Lionel Messi, seeks to win and is close to qualifying for the 2022 World Cup, especially if the three points are counted in the Brazilian team match, while Bolivia is playing in the hope of achieving a surprise against the Tango team.