Villa Players on International Duty - Covid impacts

[Malandro]

You have to laugh. Ridiculous situation.

[django]

The real victim is the commentator who’s had to fill half an hour while neymar has a chat.

[BC Villain]

Bunch of ****** all officials, both football and health,  from both sides. Vill need to get together with Spurs and fly all 4 out tonight on a private jet.

Could so easily have been stopped by their clubs putting their foot down and ordering them not to go.

Weak management

[rougegorge]

It's even more galling that as far as I can tell, Buendía didn't make the bench in Venezuela nor today, so there was clearly no need for him to have gone in the first place.

[Ian.]

Bunch of ****** all officials, both football and health,  from both sides. Vill need to get together with Spurs and fly all 4 out tonight on a private jet.

Could so easily have been stopped by their clubs putting their foot down and ordering them not to go.

Weak management

It’s not though. If the National side want their players we can’t stand in the way, it’s always been the case. This is on the Argentina FA and FIFA, it should have not got this far.

[richtheholtender]

What will happen is they will still play the last 2 games for Argentina and then have to miss 3 games for Villa. Its always us on the losing side.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Bunch of ****** all officials, both football and health,  from both sides. Vill need to get together with Spurs and fly all 4 out tonight on a private jet.

Could so easily have been stopped by their clubs putting their foot down and ordering them not to go.

Weak management

It’s not though. If the National side want their players we can’t stand in the way, it’s always been the case. This is on the Argentina FA and FIFA, it should have not got this far.

Agree it shouldn’t have gone this far but as far as I’m aware all SA players from prem league were told not to travel. Liverpool didn’t release their Brazilians.

[aj2k77]

Why did it take until 10 minutes into the game for Brazilian health officials to turn up having realised they hadn't followed protocol? Sounds totally staged for effect to me.

[Ian.]

Bunch of ****** all officials, both football and health,  from both sides. Vill need to get together with Spurs and fly all 4 out tonight on a private jet.

Could so easily have been stopped by their clubs putting their foot down and ordering them not to go.

Weak management

It’s not though. If the National side want their players we can’t stand in the way, it’s always been the case. This is on the Argentina FA and FIFA, it should have not got this far.

Agree it shouldn’t have gone this far but as far as I’m aware all SA players from prem league were told not to travel. Liverpool didn’t release their Brazilians.

Was it a case of Liverpool not releasing them or like our Dougie not selected, maybe all staying behind because of the quarantine rule in Brazil?

[Dave P]

One regular day of Aston Villa. That’s all I ask. Will never happen.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Can’t see Brazil not selecting Allison, Fabinho and Firmino.

Edit. In response to Ian

[CT]

Brazil just having a training session now.

[Ian.]

Can’t see Brazil not selecting Allison, Fabinho and Firmino.

Edit. In response to Ian

Ok, fair enough. But would they have to have gone 14 days before this match to be allowed to play? I’m not arguing by the way, just trying to work out what the hell is really happening here.

[Ian.]

Looking at the web, you have to quarantine for 14 days if coming from the UK, so I make that any player from this country would have to been there from about the 23rd August.

[Dave P]

Looking at the web, you have to quarantine for 14 days if coming from the UK, so I make that any player from this country would have to been there from about the 23rd August.

Which begs the question, why were they selected to go?  Someone has royally fucked up here.