The Argentine team received the sanction from the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, consisting of the partial closure of 50% of the seats in the next match, and two fines. The details.
He FIFA Disciplinary Committee decided to sanction this Wednesday the argentine national team with the partial closure, of 50%, of its seats for the next game. This is due to the incidents that occurred in the match against Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, within the framework of the Qualifiers of the World Cup United States and Canada2026.
Furthermore, the delay of the match against Ecuador in September of last year, together with the discriminatory behavior of the fans, and the invasion of the playing field against Uruguay in November, added to the balance of the incident in Brazil. They must also pay 50 thousand Swiss francs, invested in an anti-discrimination plan, and another 20 thousand Swiss francs.
The other South American countries sanctioned
The decisions of the FIFA disciplinary body also include financial sanctions for Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.
Chili will have to close 50% of its stadium in its next match due to the discriminatory behavior of its fans and the delay against Colombia in September and against Peru in October. In addition, he must pay 80,000 Swiss francs.
Failure to comply with this within a period of six months will result in another fine of 50,000 Swiss francs for Chili.
For its part, Colombia will play its next home game with 25% of its stadium seats closed and received a fine of 30,000 Swiss francs for delay in the clash against Chile and the discriminatory attitude of its fans in September.
He also suffers Uruguaywhich will have to close at least 25% of its stadium for the next qualifying match and pay 30,000 Swiss francs for the delay against Colombia and Brazil and discriminatory behavior of its fans against Argentina.
Another of the FIFA sanctions affects Brazilwith fines of 5,000 Swiss francs for delay and invasion of the field in the match against Bolivia in September, 15,000 for team misconduct (5 individual sanctions) against Uruguay in October and 50,000 for not ensuring order in the stadium and its surroundings against Argentina in November.
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